California Donor Table

Buddha statues towered behind a makeshift stage at a Vietnamese temple in San Jose. Mayoral candidates Cindy Chavez and Matt Mahan faced the camera, ready for their debate to be transmitted by Diya TV, an Indian American broadcast station, to its South Asian diaspora audience across the U.S.

In over 75% of California cities, the share of voters registered as Democrats rose from 2020 to 2022.

Billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso has now poured more than $80m of his own fortune into the race to become the next mayor of Los Angeles, according to campaign records.