Monterey County voters will have their say during the Nov. 8, 2022 election about who represents two newly drawn districts in Congress, but they will also weigh in on dozens of local races, from school boards and water boards to city councils and county sheriff.
Our coverage of this election year is compiled here, with the most current stories on top. Primary coverage from the June election is below.
The deadline to register to vote in this election is Oct. 19. (You can register after that date to cast a provisional ballot.) You can register at montereycountyelections.us.
Results for the 2022 California midterm election began to trickle in throughout the evening on Election Day, Nov. 8, with early voting and vot…
In the only contested City Council race in Marina, Liesbeth Visscher, chair of the group Citizens for Just Water, has an 8-percent lead agains…
Robert Rivas, who was elected on Tuesday to his third term in the California Assembly, will become California's next Speaker of the Assembly. …
Two hospital boards—including a brand new board representing North County—saw upsets of incumbents by voters on Nov. 8.
Political newcomer Fernando Cabrera is leading in a three-way race for two open seats on Soledad City Council, while Mayor Anna Velazquez has …
There’s no respite in the schedule of a sitting member of Congress. The day after celebrating his reelection for a fourth term on Tuesday, Nov…
Despite having strong support from the largest industries in the county— agriculture and hospitality—along with city and county leaders and gr…
WORKSHOPPING IT… Squid loves theoretical questions. For example: If a piece of bull kelp falls in the ocean, but no one is around to hear it, …
Dozens of campaign signs in the front yard announced Andrew Sandoval’s North Salinas home as the gathering place for friends and family (inclu…
A raucous cheer went up in a corner of Oscar’s Playground on Cannery Row as the first results in the Monterey mayoral race were posted on elec…
Tina Nieto made history on Tuesday, Nov. 8. She is poised to become the first woman, first person of color and first openly gay person to be e…
North County native Glenn Church seems poised to win as Monterey County supervisor for District 2 in his race against Regina Gage. As of 8am W…
In the minutes before the first county election results come in at around 8:20pm on Tuesday, Nov. 8, the mood is buoyant in John Uy’s house.
As rain poured off and on in Pacific Grove on Election Day, council candidate Tina Rau made a decision to move the party from the yard of her …
The phrase “trust but verify” became famous in the United States courtesy of Ronald Reagan in 1987, upon signing a nuclear missile treaty with…
David Schmalz here, happy that, for now at least, it appears American democracy remains intact, at least in most places. That said, I wish thi…
Dawn Addis, a member of Morro Bay City Council, will be Monterey County's newest Assembly member in District 30, a newly drawn district.
Just as he did four years ago, Carmel Councilmember Jeff Baron took to the streets of the village and knocked on a lot of doors in the lead up…
Tina Nieto made history on Tuesday, Nov. 8. She is poised to become the first woman, first person of color and first openly gay person to be e…
Dozens of campaign signs in the front yard announced Andrew Sandoval’s North Salinas home as the gathering place for friends and family (inclu…
North County native Glenn Church seems poised to win as Monterey County supervisor for District 2 in his race against Regina Gage. As of 10pm …
In the minutes before the first county election results come in at around 8:20pm on Tuesday, Nov. 8, the mood is buoyant in John Uy’s house on…
As rain poured off and on in Pacific Grove on Election Day, council candidate Tina Rau made a decision to move the party from the yard of her …
A raucous cheer went up in a corner of Oscar’s Playground on Cannery Row as the first results in the Monterey mayoral race were posted on Tues…
Tajha Chappellet-Lanier here to wish you a happy Election Day. Today, voters all across the country will be at the polls to cast their votes f…
Sara Rubin here, thinking about what $376,909.41 can buy you. In some places (though not around here), it’s enough for a house; it’s more than…
The race for the Pacific Grove City Council is a crowded one with six candidates for council and two for mayor. One of those candidates has so…
At a local newspaper this time of year, leading up to an election, we receive tons of tips about alleged campaign violations. About a week ago…
Development of any kind on the Monterey Peninsula has become exceedingly rare, as getting a project over the finish line often involves severa…
RIGHT WINGING IT… Squid has no social media accounts, so no need for Squid to wring Squid’s tentacles over whether or not to ditch Twitter aft…
On Nov. 8, Soledad voters will vote for mayor and two City Council members. .
An attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, at the couple’s San Francisco home represents another in a long series of str…
Your vote counts – but only if you use it.
If you were already registered to vote before October, then you likely received a ballot in the mail. Now what? Once you've sorted through the…
America has had elections where questions of war and peace were definitional. That was certainly true in 1916, when President Woodrow Wilson c…
Sara Rubin here, reflecting on who an elected sheriff is really accountable to. The Sheriff of Nottingham is perhaps the most famous sheriff. …
After winning in 2018 and serving one term on the Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System Board of Directors, Richard Turner was told he sho…
OFF SIDES… Maybe it’s due to Squid’s large eyes, but Squid understands that oftentimes, optics are nearly as important as substance. Squid car…
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The Jan. 6, 2021 riot in Washington, D.C. was a dagger aimed at the heart of our democracy. On that sad day, a group of angry extremists engag…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. On…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. On…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. On…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. On…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. On…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. On…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. On…
PLAYING DIRTY… Squid, like any civic-minded cephalopod, always looks forward to election season, where the future feels like a blank page wher…
On a crisp autumn afternoon at the Pacific Grove Farmers Market, there’s more than just the switch from summer to fall produce that marks the …
This year for the first time, Greenfield City Council positions will be elected based on districts, rather than at large. Voters will choose t…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. In…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. In…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Fo…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Fo…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Fo…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Fo…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Fo…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Fo…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Fo…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Fo…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Fo…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Fo…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Fo…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Fo…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. In…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Th…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Th…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Th…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Th…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Ki…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. In…
Elections this year will be different than last time voters went to the polls. For jurisdictions like the city of Marina that use districts, t…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Af…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Af…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Jo…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Do…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. In…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. An…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Ca…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. in…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. In…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. So…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Fe…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Ma…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Br…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Le…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Li…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. El…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Fr…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. Je…
As part of the 2022 election season, the Weekly asked candidates for several offices to answer questions about some of the issues by email. La…
The Carmel City Council is facing some big issues in the next couple of years, the biggest of which is finding room in its plans for nearly 35…
The city of Salinas has seen a shift in its decision-making in the past couple of years, with sometimes two distinct blocs. In 2020, voters el…
Some local cities won’t have interesting elections this November – Seaside recently canceled its election because all candidates are running u…
Marcus Pimentel of Royal Oaks says he owes his life to Watsonville Community Hospital. He was born premature and dangerously underweight, spen…
Sara Rubin here, thinking about healthy competition. If you’ve ever played a sport, you know that you play harder when facing a challenger—a p…
RACE OFF… Every November, Squid looks forward to oozing down to the lair’s local polling place, pulling out a quill and casting Squid’s vote (…
Seaside City Councilmember Jon Wizard bows out of public service for a career as a commercial pilot.
Elected to the Seaside City Council in November 2018, Jon Wizard was seen as a rising star in the local Democratic Party and a strong regional…
When it comes to power among California’s political ranks, there is the governor, and then, according to many in Sacramento, there is the spea…
Say you want to reach some of our local electeds by phone – you might catch them at odd times. Monterey City Councilmember Tyller Williamson c…
America’s Last Hometown, the small town with an oversized city council that famously came late to the legal liquor sales party in 1969, is pos…
On Election Day, candidate parties usually begin around 8pm. That’s when the polls close, and when a campaign staffer or volunteer will begin …
Measure B, the Del Rey Oaks ballot initiative that could have killed FORTAG, is officially defeated.
It's already been a long path for the Fort Ord Regional Trail and Greenway—aka FORTAG. After a decade of imagining and planning, not a single …
If the final tally holds, Glenn Church will face Regina Gage in the November general election runoff for Monterey County District 2 supervisor…
For the last seven-plus years, Clyde Roberson has served as Monterey’s mayor, a role he also held for four years in the mid-1980s. He also ser…
At 4:05pm on Tuesday, June 14, almost a full seven days since polls closed on the 2022 California primary, the Monterey County Elections Offic…
Christopher Neely here, waiting for Monterey County to give the public an official final tally of the votes from the primary election that hap…
The Monterey County Elections Office processed 12,618 more ballots for the latest election results, published just after 4pm on Tuesday, June …
Measure B, a Del Rey Oaks ballot initiative that would preclude most new trails in the city, and perhaps doom the fate of the proposed 28-mile…
Celia Jiménez here, thinking about the challenges many parents in Monterey County face in finding affordable childcare and early education pro…
Among the more unusual races in the county this June was for the newly drawn state Assembly District 30, which stretches from part of Santa Cr…
Tajha Chappellet-Lanier here, a bit groggy after a long night of election coverage.
There’s more to Election Day than candidates. There are human beings behind all those glossy mailers and stump speeches. The Weekly has made a…
Among the more unusual races in the county this June was for the newly drawn state Assembly District 30, which stretches from part of Santa Cr…
Dalila Epperson had a mishap on Election Day.
A man in the living room of Glenn Church’s Royal Oaks home asked, “Are you nervous, Glenn?” while awaiting the night’s first election results.…
A taco Tuesday was the way Annette Yee Steck, who is running for Monterey County Board of Education, started her election night. Her husband a…
The fate of a 28-mile Fort Ord Regional Trail and Greenway potentially hangs in the balance pending the outcome Measure B, a Del Rey Oaks ball…
The election night party for Jeff Hoyne, at Portabella Restaurant in Carmel, was as low-key as his attitude toward the campaign. "Win, lose or…
David Schmalz here, with more news to report about the Monterey Regional Airport.
Sara Rubin here, with local government on my mind. That’s partly because it’s an election year, and candidates are already beginning to announ…
Zoe Lofgren and Jimmy Panetta for Congress
Pam Marino here. I never thought I’d get used to voting by mail—I take great pride in exercising my right to vote, and entering a voting booth…
While the fate of the Fort Ord Regional Trail and Greenway continues to hang in the balance pending the results of the June 7 election, at lea…
In 2023, Monterey County will have a new sheriff in town. Incumbent Sheriff Steve Bernal announced in October that he would forgo a re-electio…
The politics of campaigning that most of us see are polished, highly curated events. Candidates wearing pressed clothes giving speeches from w…
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