A San Francisco mother with 5 children, she didn’t run for office until she was 47. She won 20 elections in a row, becoming the first female Speaker of the House, and now retires on her own terms.

With the passage of Prop 50, the Southern California Republican congresswoman will face a challenge next year from a fellow prominent Republican, Ken Calvert, whose district will be carved up.

Santa Clara County’s chief executive gets a win as voters pass Measure A, a sales tax hike to offset Trump Medicaid cuts. But the $330 million it will raise next year won’t cover all of the county’s $800 million shortfall.

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