The Congressional Races — We have Winners
Thanks to Tuesday’s primary, the outlook for California’s congressional races is now much clearer. Democrats have targeted up to 10 Republican-held House seats. But the primary suggests that four GOP seats are in real danger of flipping to the Democrats, while the incumbents look stronger than expected in the other contests. Two seats were always long shots: Rep. Tom […]
Takeaways From the California Primary
Lots already has been written about Tuesday’s California primary. But here are a few of quick takeaways from the morning after… The Sad State of the GOP Got Even Sadder — Things have gotten so bad that Republicans are popping champagne corks simply because they have a live body in the governors race. But GOP voters won’t have anyone […]
A Preview of the California Governor’s Election
The people have spoken and the November election for governor has been decided: Democrat Gavin Newsom will face off against Republican John Cox. Let’s look at recent PPIC surveys to help us understand the determining factors of this outcome and the political dynamics that will surface in this fall’s matchup. In the weeks before the […]
California Voters Soundly Reject Soros’ Financed District Attorney Candidates
California voters decisively rejected George Soros’ attempt to bypass the legislative process, with the three District Attorney candidates he financed losing by large margins. In three California DA races, Soros had poured hundreds of thousands of dollars in the last weeks of the campaigns attempting to elect candidates sharing his political and social views of […]
Local Officials Avoid ‘P-Word’ as They Push New Taxes
While public and media attention to this week’s primary election focused – understandably so – on contests for governor, U.S. senator and a handful of congressional seats, there were other important issues on Californians’ ballots. One, which received scant attention at best, was another flurry of local government and school tax and bond proposals. The […]