The Obama name is making an unexpected return to politics, though this time it is not connected to former President Barack Obama. Among the more than 60 candidates competing in California's gubernatorial primary is a little-known contender whose name has sparked curiosity across the state: Barack D.

The California governor's race remains up in the air a day after the primary vote, with British-American former TV host Steve Hilton and onetime Biden cabinet secretary Xavier Becerra at the top of a ...

Northern California voters decisively chose to send Republican Assemblymember James Gallagher to Washington, D.C., to finish the term of former U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa, who died earlier this year.