LOS ANGELES, California — The most diverse field of Democratic presidential candidates in history was boiled down to a debate stage that lacked black or Latino candidates. The seven candidates who met the polling and fundraising minimums to qualify for Thursday night’s debate in Los Angeles included just one person of color: entrepreneur Andrew Yang. RELATED CONTENT on KIVA.com:
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LOS ANGELES, California — Joe Biden continues to hold a lead in the race for the Democratic nomination for president and remains the candidate potential Democratic voters think has the best shot to defeat Donald Trump, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. Biden has the backing of about a quarter (26%) of
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EL PASO, Texas — Here are the results of Saturday’s special election for two seats on the El Paso City Council: District 3: Incumbent Cassandra Hernandez will remain the District 3 city council representative. According to the unofficial final results, Hernandez defeated challenger Will Veliz by garnering 52% of all votes cast. District 6: The
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SOCORRO, Texas — Socorro Mayor Elia Garcia failed to meet a Friday 5 p.m. deadline to cooperate with an internal investigation tied to corruption allegations and now faces the prospect of being sued by the city. The investigation, which was launched by Socorro City Council in July, is looking into allegations that Garcia may have
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Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign on Friday released a list of its bundlers following weeks of trading barbs with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren over campaign transparency. The South Bend, Indiana, mayor has recently faced pressure to name his big-money backers and open his fundraisers to reporters, as other candidates have done. Buttigieg’s progressive rivals, including Warren
Continue Reading SOCORRO, Texas — An investigation into Socorro Mayor Elia Garcia continues as she faces allegations of misuse of public office for personal and political gain. Socorro City Council members on Thursday night discussed whether or not the use of the City Hall parking lot for political events is prohibited. Back in October, Garcia announced her
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Likely Democratic primary voters in California are about evenly split among the top three candidates — Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren — in the race for the Democratic nomination, while Texas Democrats tend to favor Biden, the nationwide frontrunner, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS in two of the largest early
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EL PASO, Texas — Monday was the filing deadline for the March 2 “Super Tuesday” primary in Texas. Former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke, who dropped out of the presidential race on Nov. 1, did not file for the Democratic primary for either president or for the U.S. Senate. Since ending his White House bid,
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo criticized Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republican lawmakers for not reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act and taking action against gun violence, asking them in emotional remarks to choose between the nation’s foremost gun lobby and “the children that are getting gunned down in this
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EL PASO, Texas — An upgraded criminal charge has now been filed against northeast El Paso’s representative on city council following his October arrest stemming from a domestic violence incident. A grand jury returned an indictment against Morgan for felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was originally charged with assault causing bodily injury,
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Beto O’Rourke reiterated to ABC-7 on Friday that he is not running for U.S. Senate next year as speculation swirls ahead of the upcoming Monday filing deadline. The former El Paso congressman has long said he would not challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, but since he dropped out of the presidential race
Continue Reading Former Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday endorsed Joe Biden for president in the 2020 race, saying the former vice president has the character and leadership skills to beat President Donald Trump. “I believe Joe Biden is the President our country desperately needs right now, not because I’ve known Joe so long, but because
Continue Reading The tweet announcing Kamala Harris’ departure from the 2020 race had barely been posted when some of the California senator’s one-time opponents in the crowded, competitive race for president began moving in. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker quickly began calling elected officials in Iowa who had previously backed Harris. Aides to South Bend, Indiana, Mayor
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EL PASO, Texas — Mail-in ballots for a special election to fill two seats on El Paso City Council are exceeding the number of early voting ballots cast by 64%. That’s something the El Paso County elections administrator admits she has never seen before. Lisa Wise also believes those mail-in ballots could decide the outcome
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Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story failed to include the position of the city of El Paso’s Ethics Review Commission. It has since been updated. EL PASO, Texas — Ethics commissions with the city of El Paso and the state of Texas have rejected an ethics complaint filed against El Paso City Councilwoman
Continue Reading Elizabeth Warren made a rare direct attack on a Democratic presidential rival Monday, slamming former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for spending millions of dollars on ads to “buy the nomination.” “I am here on day two of Michael Bloomberg’s $37 million ad buy,” Warren said at a community conversation in Ankeny, Iowa, Monday afternoon.
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WASHINGTON, DC — Like a lot of evangelical Christians, Energy Secretary and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry believes in a God who gets involved in every aspect of our lives — including the election of Donald Trump as President. “I’m a big believer that the God of our universe is still very active in the
Continue Reading The former president of the South Bend, Indiana, Common Council on Friday endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president, and criticized South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg as the city’s mayor faces more questions about his appeal to black voters. Oliver Davis is one of the longest-serving black South Bend council members, according to a
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ATLANTA, Georgia — Ten presidential candidates took the stage Wednesday night at the fifth Democratic debate in Atlanta. Here’s a look back at what the candidates said about the issues as the debate unfolded… Who spoke the most during the debate The final count is in, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren led the group with more than 13
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Trump, speaking to reporters Wednesday before leaving for Texas to tour an Austin plant that produces Apple’s Mac Pro computer, read off a statement that appeared to be written in black Sharpie. (Watch it in the video player at the top of this article.) In large letters, the statement read: “I
Continue Reading Elizabeth Warren on Friday rolled out her plan for transitioning the country’s health insurance system to “Medicare for All” during her first term as president. According to Warren’s plan, she would seek to move to a government-run, single-payer program in two phases: The first would come during the first 100 days of her administration, with
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Vote takeaways: Dist. 3 El Paso City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez heads to runoff with Will Veliz; voters approve both El Paso and Ysleta ISD bond propositions; Texas ban on state income tax passes; Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima wins re-election. All El Paso City and County races and issues All Texas statewide propositions All Doña
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Incumbent Ken Miyagishima won his bid early Wednesday morning for a fourth term as mayor of Las Cruces, defeating nine challengers in what was one of the largest mayoral contests in city history — and perhaps its most complicated. BREAKING: The votes are in! @MayorKenLC has won re-election in #LasCruces. #nmpol
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EL PASO, Texas — Voters on Tuesday gave approval to a pair of bond proposals for the city of El Paso and the Ysleta Independent School District. Nearly final results showed that 59% of voters were in favor of the city of El Paso’s $413 million public safety bond. It will fund projects and improvements for
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AUSTIN, Texas — Amendments to the state constitution that would make it harder to enact a state income tax, stabilize funding for state parks and allow retired law enforcement animals to be adopted by their handlers received wide support from voters Tuesday, according to unofficial results. Supporters of one of the most contentious issues on the ballot
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — District Judge James Martin on Tuesday afternoon rejected a request for an injunction sought by New Mexico’s Republican Party to halt the counting of absentee ballots in Doña Ana County races, including most notably the Las Cruces contest for mayor. Martin’s ruling came one day after GOP officials filed suit
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso voters were deciding Tuesday on a multi-million dollar public safety bond.. The $413 million bond will fund projects and improvements for both El Paso Police Department and El Paso Fire Department. The bond would devote more than $191 million to the fire department for new facilities, more resources in
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Election Day is Tuesday in El Paso and Doña Ana counties. If you’re not sure what will be on this year’s ballot – or where to vote – we have you covered. 2019 ballot items for El Paso County residents: City of El Paso, Representative, District No. 3: Four candidates are running on the Nov.
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EL PASO, Texas — An ethics complaint has been filed against District 3 El Paso city Rep. Cassandra Hernandez. The complaint alleges Hernandez illegally solicited campaign donations because she allegedly failed to file the appropriate documents for a new campaign treasurer. The complaint was filed by local attorney Casey Williams. According to the complaint, Williams
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EL PASO, Texas — Former three-term El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke announced Friday afternoon that he is ending his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. O’Rourke made his announcement via social media; many staffers at his campaign headquarters in downtown El Paso hadn’t yet been told of his decision when the word went out. “I
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