{"id":316578,"date":"2026-05-15T03:18:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316578\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T03:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:18:28","slug":"calmatters-2026-voter-guide-sacramento-news-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316578\/","title":{"rendered":"CalMatters 2026 Voter Guide \u2022 Sacramento News &#038; Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"777\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iStock-2150381046-777x437.jpg\" class=\"attachment-content-single size-content-single wp-post-image\" alt=\"Elderly male voter with bulletin in hands comes to voting booth\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\"> By: <a class=\"fn\" href=\"https:\/\/sacramento.newsreview.com\/author\/calmatters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cal Matters<\/a> May 14, 2026<\/p>\n<p>In California\u2019s June 2 primary, you can vote for any candidate from any party. The top two candidates move on to the November election, when voters choose the winner.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s race is wild.\u00a0With six Democrats and two Republicans leading the primary race, it\u2019s a packed field.<\/p>\n<p>California\u2019s midterm congressional elections feature redrawn maps.\u00a0After Proposition 50 passed, the state redrew its district boundaries, giving the advantage to Democrats in five of the nine California congressional seats held by Republicans.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/california-voter-guide-2026\/us-house\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CalMatters is watching these key races.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All 80 California Assembly seats are up for reelection, as well as 20 Senate seats\u00a0(those from even-numbered districts). CalMatters is watching these key\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/california-voter-guide-2026\/state-assembly\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Assembly<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/california-voter-guide-2026\/state-senate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Senate<\/a>\u00a0races.<\/p>\n<p>CalMatters\u2019 2026 Voter Guide is here to help.\u00a0It breaks down key races, tells you who\u2019s bankrolling each campaign, helps you register to vote and find your polling place, and gives you all the other information you\u2019ll need to make your vote count.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This Voter Guide is compiled by our friends at CalMatters as a service to help voters navigate the state and legislative offices that will be on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Our content is free, but not free to produce<\/p>\n<p> If you value our local news, arts and entertainment coverage, become an SN&amp;R supporter with a one-time or recurring donation. Help us keep our reporters at work, bringing you the stories that need to be told.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SacBlog_newsletter-icon-white-1.png\" alt=\"Newsletter\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size:16px\"> For the latest local news, arts and entertainment, sign up for our newsletter. <br \/>We&#8217;ll tell you the story behind the story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By: Cal Matters May 14, 2026 In California\u2019s June 2 primary, you can vote for any candidate from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-316578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}