Republicans are energized. Democrats are urging Biden to drop out. How the top of the ticket could impact California’s down-ballot races

Jodi Hicks, president of Planned Parenthood California, indicated Democrats were taking a big risk in losing the House if they stuck with President Joe Biden.

Political parties qualified to participate in the election in California have until Thursday, Aug. 22 — more than a month out from now — to submit their nominees to the state secretary of state. That’s the final day of the Democratic National Convention where the party will name its presidential nominee.

Some of them — like Reps. Adam Schiff and Jared Huffman — are on the frontlines of the push for him to reconsider.

Vice President Kamala Harris’s credentials are already well-known. But Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio has deep connections to the Golden State, too.

Political parties qualified to participate in the election in California have until Thursday, Aug. 22 — more than a month out from now — to submit their nominees to the state secretary of state. That’s the final day of the Democratic National Convention where the party will name its presidential nominee.

The poll, from the Public Policy Institute of California, a non-partisan research center based in San Francisco, also found that Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, is maintaining a commanding lead over Republican Steve Garvey, a former first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, in the state’s U.S. Senate election.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Michael Tubbs is running for lieutenant governor of California, returning to politics four years after voters in his Central Valley hometown ousted him as one of the country’s youngest mayors following his reboot of guaranteed income programs for the poor that made him a star.

Adam Schiff’s call for President Biden to drop out increases the pressure on California Democrats in swing House districts.