San Diego, CALIF. - News that former mayor of Los Angeles Richard Riordan had a recent meeting with San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, about the possibility of him running for governor in 2018, backs up word that IVN San Diego has received from sources within City Hall.

Kim Guadagno, who is New Jersey's lieutenant governor and secretary of state, is expected to run for governor in the GOP's June primary election against Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli. Guadagno is currently considered the odds-on favorite to win a primary election that is not likely to turn out many voters.

Guadagno has served in her post since 2010, during which time she defended New Jersey's primary election law that gives the Republican and Democratic parties a monopoly over the state's election process.

If you are 56 or younger, you should be paying attention to a curious piece of legislation - "Social Security Reform Act of 2016” (H.R. 6489) – introduced last month by Rep. Sam Johnson (Tx-03).

The U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. heard oral arguments today in the lawsuit filed by Level the Playing Field (LPF) challenging the nonprofit status of the Commission on Presidential Debates, just under two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office.

U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) have re-introduced legislation in the 115th Congress that calls for a complete audit of the Federal Reserve. Similar legislation has stalled in previous Congresses, but this time it may have a new ally: Donald Trump.

This piece, written by Rob Richie, originally appeared in Cato Unbound as the lead essay in a series on ranked choice voting in December of 2016.

Since Twitter launched in 2006, no politician has managed to exploit the platform to such great effect as President-elect Donald Trump. 140 characters at a time, Trump has redefined how social media can impact an election and has shown no sign of changing course once he takes office on January 20.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told Fox News' Sean Hannity that neither the Russian government nor a state party gave WikiLeaks the emails taken from DNC officials and Hillary Clinton campaign chief John Podesta.

Much has been written about the meltdown of the financial sector beginning in late 2007 and reaching its black hold of despair in mid-2009. Most of what’s been written has been examined with political motivations, rather than from the perspective of economic reality. Now that most of the smoke has cleared, it may deserve a second look.

Recently, Real Clear Politics extrapolated demographic trends to project which states are likely to gain or lose U.S. House seats in the reapportionment that will occur after the 2020 Census. Their forecast, shown below, has nine states losing one U.S. House seat and six states gaining seats.