By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter Both the incumbent, Lois Wolk, and the challenger, Frank Miranda, in the State Senate race on the Nov. 6 ballot are new names before Benicia voters. That’s because of the new district maps drawn across the state in the wake of the 2010 U.S. Census. By the end of […]

By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter (Editor’s note: This is the third of a series of stories on the Nov. 6 general election. The previous two examined the 11 propositions before voters this election. This and subsequent stories will look at various political office races.) Susan Bonilla, 52, has been the District 11 Assemblymember since […]

By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter Editor’s note: This second of a series of stories on the Nov. 6 general election, examines Propositions 35 through 40. Subsequent stories will look at various political office races. Among the decisions facing voters Nov. 6 are multiple propositions on such varied issues as human trafficking, California’s “three strikes” […]

By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter Editor’s note: This first of a series of stories on the Nov. 6 general election, examines Propositions 30 through 34. Subsequent stories will look at Props. 35-40 and the political office races. When Benicians go to the polls Nov. 6, or cast their vote-by-mail ballots before then, they’ll be […]

By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter Want to vote for president? Don’t want to wait until November? Vote by mail in California starts this week. Throughout the state, election officials start mailing General Election ballots today to those who have decided to mail in their ballots, instead of going to the polls Nov. 6, said […]