one of its targets is with me now: gayle mclaughlin, mayor of richmond since 2007. because of term limits, this year she ran for and won a seat on the city council, despite the efforts of chevron to beat her. also with me is harriet rowan, a graduate student in journalism at the university of california, berkeley, where she's also a reporter for "richmond confidential." that's a real news site run by the school whose reporters cover richmond the way the mainstream media should, but doesn't. harriet rowan uncovered the vast amounts of campaign cash chevron spent trying to turn richmond back into a company town. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> thank you, bill. pleasure to be here. >> what's it like to have a giant like chevron throwing all that money around, trying to defeat you? >> well, you know, clearly it's a challenge. it's a challenge but we have a community that is clear that we cannot be bought and that is what the voters said this past tuesday. they gave a resounding, resounding vote of saying, no, chevron, we're not supporting your candidates. we're su

after that refinery erupted in fire two years ago, the city, led by mayor gayle mclaughlin, sued chevron for what it alleges is a long history of negligence. chevron's fighting back, spending an incredible $3 million plus to beat mclaughlin and her allies and replace them with a more pliable city council that will protect the oil company's interests. all that cash for one small election, but it's just part of a spending frenzy of perhaps $4 billion all across the count, making this the most expensive midterms in history. money unleashed by a series of supreme court decisions allowing millionaires and billionaires to drown out the voice of anyone who tries to speak against them. and that's why bernie sanders is with me now. he's not a democrat. he's not a republican. he's an independent in his second senate term, after 16 years in the house of representatives, and eight as the mayor of burlington, vermont. welcome back. >> great to be with you. >> it's a long way from burlington, vermont, to richmond, california. and there's a lot of other places you could've been going. why did you go th

gayle mclaughlin is winning. jovanka bocklse and edwardo martinez. >>> the most expensive race in the state is two candidates. two democrats running for state school superintendent. incumbent tom torlickson is up against marshall tuck. here will the latest numbers with 52% of precincts reporting. tom torlakson coming in at 53% of the vote followed by marshall tuck at 47%. why so much money for this particular race? >> democrat versus democrat. a down ballot race. superintendent of public construction. what is that about? it is a tone setter. tom, a long time state assemblyman. we see on your screen there. the incumbent is backed by the california teachers association. marshall tuck on the right side of the screen is a newcomer. he is a charter school advocate from los angeles. this became a referendum on the political power of the california teacher's association which is one of the biggest forces in california politics. the result? about $30 million between the reformists and the teacher's union. yes. an interes