Tahoe Truckee Region Elections & Politics Digest

Southern California could reassert itself as the political epicenter after Senator Dianne Feinstein retires. The congressional candidates vying to succeed her in 2024, and the vacancies their campaigns have created, provide opportunities for officeholders who are younger and more liberal.

The race to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein is shaping up to be a close contest between two congressional colleagues who have built national profiles but appeal to different generations of Democratic voters.

U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee filed federal paperwork to enter the race for the held by long-serving Sen. Dianne Feinstein, joining a field that already includes two other House members.

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced Feb. 14 that she will not run for her Senate seat in 2024, a major moment given that the fight to succeed her is already under way. She says she intends to accomplish “as much for California as I can” until her term ends.

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 in closed session to remove Todd White as District 2 Supervisor George Turnboo's assistant, with Turnboo casting the only "no" vote.

Placer County Supervisors welcomed a new board member and voted on a new chair and vice chair during its first meeting of the year.

Incoming Placer County District 2 Supervisor Shanti Landon and incumbent District 1 Supervisor Bonnie Gore accepted their positions, along with Assessor Matt Maynard, Clerk-Recorder-Registrar Ryan Ronco, Auditor-Controller Andrew Sisk, DA Morgan Gire and Treasurer-Tax Collector Tristan Butcher.

The House Jan. 6 committee is wrapping up its investigation into the 2021 U.S. Capitol insurrection. Lawmakers are declaring that they have assembled a "roadmap to justice" to bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and allies.

Town of Truckee Vice Mayor Lindsay Romack was appointed mayor during the council’s Dec. 13, meeting.

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors recognized District 5 Supervisor Sue Novasel with a proclamation for her eight years of service.

The Nevada County Board of Supervisors recognized their colleagues, District 3 Supervisor Dan Miller, Auditor-Controller Marcia Salter, Assessor Sue Horne, and Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters Greg Diaz, for their service.

Four years after California began issuing nonbinary IDs, fewer than 16,000 people have asked the state for a little piece of plastic with their gender marked by an X rather than an F or M.

The Nevada County Elections Office results released Nov. 22 showed that the “No” on Measure V campaign has increased its lead to a margin of 1,733 votes. Measure V would have implemented a half-cent sales tax, intended to help provide wildfire prevention, emergency services, and disaster readiness.

A Nevada County judge has ruled that Rob Tribble is not qualified to be the next auditor-controller of Nevada County. Tribble had previously won the June 7 auditor-controller race against Gina Will.

While LGBTQ candidates and their supporters celebrated several milestone victories around the nation in this year’s midterm elections, California quietly reached its own.

Lake Tahoe Community College joins a group of 394 colleges and universities that are being recognized for participating in the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, which involved sharing campus voting data and carrying out an engagement action plan.

Another batch of results was released in Nevada County on Nov. 16, and the incumbents for the Truckee Town Council race are still in the lead.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not seek to lead House Democrats for another term, but will remain in Congress.

The counting of votes in the November election is coming to a close and the Incline Village General Improvement District will be welcoming David Noble and Ray Tulloch to its Board of Trustees.

City Manager Joe Irvin said, “The enactment of Measure G allows the city to continue collecting a comparable tax to the existing cannabis fee, without increasing the amount cannabis businesses currently pay.”

Democrat Malia Cohen has won the race for California controller, beating out a Republican who gave his party its best shot in years to end its losing streak in statewide elections.

Brooke Laine has won the race for El Dorado County District 5 supervisor and the battle for three seats on South Lake Tahoe City Council has widened.

Measure V, the ½ cent sales tax intended to help provide wildfire prevention, emergency services and disaster readiness, is currently failing according to totals released by the Nevada County Elections Office.

Voters on Election Day battled the snow to cast their votes and preliminary results have three incumbents holding onto their Town Council seats.

The race for two Incline Village General Improvement District seats got tighter with the most recent update from the Washoe County Elections Department.

Results are mostly unchanged after a Nov. 10 update from the El Dorado County Elections Office. The office reported that 12,000 of the remaining 28,000 ballots were counted, and 16,000 still remain.

Watch the newly anointed second-term governor closely in 2023. He has been making unmistakable moves that signal his interest in the White House. Will he run or won’t he? Here are some of the reasons for both sides of the decision.

Six-term Republican Rep. Mark Amodei has defeated Elizabeth Mercedes Krause, as expected, in Nevada's rural northern district where no Democrat has ever won.

Some Washoe County voting centers stayed open well past when the polls closed, with long lines of people waiting to cast their votes, officials said.

Preliminary results rolled in at 1:15 a.m., giving majorities to the three school board challengers, according to the Clerk-Treasurer’s Office. Election Day turnout was half that anticipated.

Initial election results in El Dorado County has Brooke Laine taking a large lead over Kenny Curtzwiler for District 5 supervisor.

Paul Pelosi remained hospitalized Oct. 31 while recovering from an attack by the man who planned to take the Speaker of the House hostage and “break her kneecaps.”