As a follow-up to my post two weeks ago about California’s jungle primary, the winners, moving on to a run-off, are incumbent Dianne Feinstein and Elizabeth Emken, the spokesperson for Autisim Speaks who earned the California Republican Party’s primary endorsement. In other words, the party favorites won.P.S. Orly Taitz got 3.1% of the vote, the best measurement I can think of to illustrate California’s quotient of Crazy Birthers.
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I would say a race between a beyond safe Senator and a crowded field in a primary is a bad example whether a Top 2 is a good or bad idea (I’m ambivalent on the topic, since I think out FPTP system is the worst possible situation regardless.)
However, according to the results, there were a couple of “upsets.” The Democrats didn’t get their favored candidate in CA-21 and the Democrats are completely out of CA-31 Top Twodue to a 4-way split primary. Now, in most races, it’s going to be Republican vs. Democratic. Surprisingly, you can change a whole political system in one election cycle. 🙂Report
We have redistricted Dems Berman vs. Sherman, which is enjoyable in that Iraq-Iran sort of way.
Just found out I was redistricted from a solid Rep district [72-yr-old Cold Warrior Buck McKeon] to a solid Dem one [Adam Schiff, not bad as Dems go]. Also got bumped into a liberal Latino council district where the sexual harassment Democrat will faceoff with the criminal one in November.
http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/06/assembly_district_39_election.php
God bless California. I love LA.Report