Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom is in the fight of his political life with Betsy Butler for the 50th Assembly District seat. "I don't know a lot about Betsy Butler, but I am going to vote for her. I ...

CITYWIDE ¬ó The final election results are in, and Democrats Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom and Assemblywoman Betsy Butler (D-53) will be facing off in the general election in November. According to ...

Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom is locked in a near dead-heat with Assemblywoman Betsy Butler to represent the 50th Assembly District. Just a few votes separate the two as county officials tally the ...

CITYWIDE — The race to represent Santa Monica in the 50th Assembly District was too close to call Wednesday as Mayor Richard Bloom was leading Assemblywoman Betsy Butler by a mere 218 votes out of ...

NORWALK, Calif. — Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom held onto a slim lead over opponent Assemblywoman Betsy Butler (D-Marina del Rey) in their competition for the 50th Assembly District as officials ...

NORWALK, Calif. — Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom added another 300 votes to his lead over opponent Assemblywoman Betsy Butler in the penultimate ballot count of the Nov. 6 election, officials report ...

NORWALK — Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom is holding onto his slim lead over Assemblywoman Betsy Butler in their contest for the 50th Assembly District, according to new results released Friday.

SMMUSD HDQTRS — All four candidates vying for the 50th Assembly seat gave their thoughts on education at the Santa Monica League of Women Voters forum Saturday, revealing deep divides on how to pay ...

NORWALK, Calif — Mayor Richard Bloom's lead against opponent Assemblywoman Betsy Butler widened slightly on Friday after county officials finished another day of vote tallying. Bloom now holds 80,934 ...

WESTSIDE — The top two candidates in the race for the 50th Assembly District and outside spending groups that supported and opposed them laid out roughly $3.7 million so far, a review of campaign ...