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— BC-CA–California-Exit Poll-Glance.

CALIFORNIA-CONGRESS

LOS ANGELES — About a dozen House races in California remained hotly contested Tuesday as early returns showed incumbents in a handful of races maintaining a slight edge. By Garance Burke.

CALIFORNIA-SENATE

LOS ANGELES — California voters decisively endorsed long-serving U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday, sending the powerful Democrat back to the nation’s capital for a fourth term. Feinstein, 79, handily beat Republican neophyte Elizabeth Emken. By Judy Lin.

STATE LEGISLATURE

LOS ANGELES — Months of campaigning and millions of dollars spent on 100 legislative races across California boiled down to a handful of contests Tuesday that will decide whether Democrats can seize unbridled control of the state Senate. By Don Thompson.

INITIATIVES ROUNDUP

LOS ANGELES — California voters rejected a broad-based income tax increase to fund the state’s beleaguered public schools, but Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax proposal was still hanging in the balance. Voters easily approved newly drawn Senate district maps and a plan to increase penalties for people convicted of human trafficking, as voters decided on a slate of weighty issues Tuesday. By Juliet Williams.

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PROP 32-UNION DUES

LOS ANGELES — A national effort to cripple organized labor has crossed into California as voters Tuesday considered a ban on the way unions have traditionally raised money for political causes. Proposition 32 was trailing slightly in early returns after polls closed. By Judy Lin.

PROP 34-DEATH PENALTY

LOS ANGELES — The latest attempt to end California’s death penalty was failing at the polls with a quarter of all votes counted Tuesday night. By Paul Elias.

PROP 36-THREE STRIKES

LOS ANGELES — The nation’s harshest three strikes law has been reformed to allow for shorter sentences for some offenders. Proposition 36 passed 68 percent to 32 percent Tuesday with 26 percent of precincts reporting. By Paul Elias.

PROP 37-FOOD LABELING

LOS ANGELES — A closely-eyed ballot measure to label food containing genetically modified ingredients was trailing by a double-digit margin Tuesday night. With 28 percent of precincts reporting, Proposition 37 was behind 57 percent to 43 percent. By Alicia Chang.

PROP 39-TAX LOOPHOLE

LOS ANGELES — California voters were leaning toward approving an initiative that would undo a tax break for out-of-state corporations and send more money to state coffers. Proposition 39 was ahead in early returns Tuesday after polls closed. By Judy Lin.

SAN DIEGO MAYOR

SAN DIEGO — A city councilman seeking to be the nation’s first openly gay Republican big-city mayor was locked in a tight race Tuesday against a veteran congressman trying to become San Diego’s first Democratic leader in two decades. By Elliot Spagat.

SUGARY DRINKS

SAN FRANCISCO — Early returns from Richmond in the San Francisco Bay area and from El Monte in Los Angeles County were showing voters rejecting a penny-per-ounce tax on businesses that sell soft drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages. Officials say Richmond’s Measure N was losing by about a two-to-one margin.

The following 130-word NewsNows are moving as races are called:

— BC-CA–California-Senate.

— BC-CA–Prop. 30-Governor’s Taxes.

— BC-CA–Prop 31-Budget Reform.

— BC-CA–Prop. 32-Union Dues.

— BC-CA–Prop. 33-Auto Insurance.

— BC-CA–Prop. 34-Death Penalty.

— BC-CA–Prop. 35-Human Trafficking.

— BC-CA–Prop. 36-Three Strikes.

— BC-CA–Prop. 37-Food Labeling.

— BC-CA–Prop. 38-School Taxes.

— BC-CA–Prop. 39-Tax Loophole.

— BC-CA–Prop. 40-Redistricting.

— BC-CA–San Diego Mayor.

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