Statewide, Californians voted on the U.S. Senate race between Rep. Adam Schiff, a Southern California Democrat, and Republican Steve Garvey for the vacant U.S. Senate seat formerly occupied by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Schiff was the winner declared Tuesday evening.

Source: Election results are from The Associated Press. By The New York Times election results team: Michael Andre, Emma Baker, Neil Berg, Andrew Chavez, Michael Beswetherick, Mat

Da Lin reports on supporters of recall of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao celebrating early returns. The first set of rankings for the inaugural 12-team playoff will be released on Tuesday. Both players ended up getting technicals in Nuggets-Timberwolves.

The first set of results released by Alameda County election officials included TK votes cast on the recall question, a very small portion of all the ballots that will be counted by the

Thao's wins on Ceasefire and a balanced 2023 budget did not persuade voters so much as the crime spike, FBI raid, A's loss, missed grant deadline, and other negatives during her short stint in office.

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao says she has no regrets after being overwhelmingly being recalled by voters. With 100% of the precincts reporting, voters approved her ouster 65 -35%. “I know there’s a lot of frustration in regards to crime being on the rise because of the pandemic,