I’ve been a creature of the night all my life, or, as Daily Mail columnist and avowed early riser Peter Hitchens puts it, a “ late-rising childless Bohemian ”.

The polls are closed in the Bay Area and California and rolls are starting to roll in for local and state races.

San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 5 incumbent Dean Preston is trailing in his reelection bid to his top challenger, Bilal Mahmood, according to initial results in Tuesday’s election. As of ...