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2024 California elections, the Glossary

The 2024 California elections will take place on November 5, 2024.^[1]

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Adam Schiff

Adam Bennett Schiff (born June 22, 1960) is an American lawyer, author, and politician serving as a U.S. representative from California since 2001.

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Ballotpedia

Ballotpedia is a nonprofit and nonpartisan online political encyclopedia that covers federal, state, and local politics, elections, and public policy in the United States.

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Barbara Lee

Barbara Jean Lee (born July 16, 1946) is an American politician and social worker who has been serving as a U.S. representative from California since 1998.

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California State Assembly

The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate.

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California State Senate

The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature, the lower house being the California State Assembly.

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Classes of United States senators

The 100 seats in the United States Senate are divided into 3 classes to determine which seats will be up for election in any 2-year cycle, with only 1 class being up for election at a time.

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Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act

The Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act ("Costa–Hawkins") is a California state law, enacted in 1995, which places limits on municipal rent control ordinances.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Emiel Feinstein (June 22, 1933 – September 29, 2023) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023.

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Fentanyl is a highly potent synthetic piperidine opioid primarily used as an analgesic. It is 20 to 40 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine; its primary clinical utility is in pain management for cancer patients and those recovering from painful surgeries. Fentanyl is also used as a sedative.

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Gavin Newsom

Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving since 2019 as the 40th governor of California.

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Governor of California

The governor of California is the head of government of the U.S. state of California.

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Independent voter

An independent voter, often also called an unaffiliated voter or non-affiliated voter in the United States, is a voter who does not align themselves with a political party.

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Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States since 2021.

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Katie Porter

Katherine Moore Porter (born January 3, 1974) is an American politician and lawyer who has been the U.S. representative from California's 47th congressional district since 2023, previously representing the 45th congressional district from 2019 to 2023.

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Laphonza Butler

Laphonza Romanique Butler (born May 11, 1979) is an American labor union official and politician serving as the junior United States senator from California since 2023.

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Medi-Cal

The California Medical Assistance Program (Medi-Cal or MediCal) is the California implementation of the federal Medicaid program serving low-income individuals, including families, seniors, persons with disabilities, children in foster care, pregnant women, and childless adults with incomes below 138% of federal poverty level.

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Misdemeanor

A misdemeanor (American English, spelled misdemeanour elsewhere) is any "lesser" criminal act in some common law legal systems.

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Nonpartisan blanket primary

A nonpartisan blanket primary is a primary election in which all candidates for the same elected office run against each other at once, regardless of the political party.

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Politico

Politico (stylized in all caps), known originally as The Politico, is an American political digital newspaper company.

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Red states and blue states

Starting with the 2000 United States presidential election, the terms "red state" and "blue state" have referred to U.S. states whose voters vote predominantly for one party—the Republican Party in red states and the Democratic Party in blue states—in presidential and other statewide elections.

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Redistricting

Redistricting in the United States is the process of drawing electoral district boundaries.

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Secretary of State of California

The secretary of state of California is the chief clerk of the U.S. state of California, overseeing a department of 500 people.

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Steve Garvey

Steven Patrick Garvey (born December 22, 1948) is an American former professional baseball player and candidate in the upcoming 2024 United States Senate election in California.

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Super Tuesday

Super Tuesday is the United States presidential primary election day in February or March when the greatest number of U.S. states hold primary elections and caucuses.

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Supermajority

A supermajority (also called supra-majority, supramajority, qualified majority, or special majority) is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of more than one-half used for a simple majority.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_California_elections

2024 California elections, the Glossary

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2024 elections in the United States by state

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