Heading into Election Day, the only out candidate on the Peninsula and in the South Bay assured of victory was Michael Smith, as the gay Black business entrepreneur was unopposed for the newly created District 4 seat on the City Council in Redwood City.

President Donald Trump made a shaky pitch early Wednesday morning that he should be declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election and that he would be "going to the U.S. Supreme Court" to make it so.

San Diego voters have elected the first LGBTQ mayor of one of the Golden State's largest cities after the commanding finish by gay Democratic state Assemblyman Todd Gloria in Tuesday's mayoral runoff race.

It looks like Georgette Gómez has lost her race to become the first openly queer Latina elected to the U.S. Congress.

Lesbian Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan had a strong lead in her bid for a fourth term in the city's at-large council seat against her gay opponent, Derreck Johnson.

For politicos, election night is usually a swirl of party hopping between public campaign celebrations and more private get-togethers. But the COVID-19 pandemic has largely put the kibosh on such revelry in 2020.

Philadelphia Gay News hears from Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on the Equality Act, anti-trans violence, and more.

Voters in Santa Cruz County are poised to elect next week the first LGBTQ judge to their local superior court.

With one week remaining until Election Day, polls are tightening and candidates are making their closing arguments to voters in races across the country.

Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in as the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court Monday night, following her confirmation vote in the Senate, which was mostly along party lines.

Two out candidates are seeking seats on the Berkeley rent board, one of two such oversight bodies in California whose members are elected.

President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden squared off in the final presidential debate.

Two gay men who grew up in the South Bay are aiming to make LGBTQ political history in their respective cities come the November 3 election. Either would be the first out male city council person in their hometowns.

A gay Filipino East Bay city councilman is the new head of a statewide caucus for local LGBTQ leaders, which is looking to expand its membership ranks following the November 3 election.