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Make It Make Sense
We help explain the Prop. 50 results, what it all means for your life in Southern California and what comes next.
Make It Make Sense is a limited-run newsletter that’s your lifeline for before and after California's Nov. 4, 2025 special election. Who’s donating money? What does it mean? How is that money shaping the conversation and what you, the voter, are hearing about? We’ll dig into all these questions and more. After the election, we’ll let you know the results and what it means for your life in Southern California.
What to expect
You’ll get occasional emails in the lead-up to the Nov. 4 election that will explain what’s on the ballot and the money behind it.
After Nov. 4, we’ll keep tabs on election results and the ballot count. The winning side could be clear within a day or take weeks to determine, depending on how close the vote is. We won’t call the race ourselves, but we’ll know it’s over if one side concedes or the Associated Press calls the race. Once the result is in, we’ll explain what it means for your life and the larger national fight over redistricting. We’ll wrap it all up by the end of November.
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Returns show Measure R currently has the two-thirds of votes needed to pass.
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Huntington Beach voters will weigh in on library privatization and book review committee.
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The top vote-getter told LAist the second-place candidate called to concede the race.
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The councils were meant to help more residents have a voice at L.A. City Hall, but voter participation has been declining for a decade.
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In Irvine, legislative power rests in the hands of the seven-member City Council. One of those seats is up for grabs on April 15.
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For the first time in L.A. County, voters were allowed to rank candidates instead of choosing just one. How did it go?
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Huntington Beach City Councilmember Tony Strickland won more than 50% of the vote, removing the need for a runoff in the O.C. and L.A. County state Senate race.
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The South Bay city is choosing a mayor, a city attorney and three councilmembers in an all-mail-ballot municipal election.
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If his lead holds as expected, he will avoid a runoff by winning more than half the vote.
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There are still thousands of votes to count, but if Tony Strickland can hold onto more than 50% of the vote, he’ll win the state Senate seat outright. Otherwise, the race goes to a runoff in April.
