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applegrove

(118,677 posts)
Sat May 26, 2018, 05:22 PM May 2018

Democrats Go All-Out to Avoid Disaster in California

https://politicalwire.com/2018/05/26/democrats-go-all-out-to-avoid-disaster-in-california/

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New York Times: “With so many Democrats running, the party’s fear is that the vote will be splintered, allowing Republicans — who have fewer candidates — to dominate some primaries. The party and allied groups are spending more than $4 million on just three campaigns, intervening in one contest to prop up a favored candidate; attacking a Republican from the right in another; and even reminding people not to waste their votes on “ghost candidates” who have dropped out yet remain on the ballot.”

“The ‘top two’ system was meant to create incentives for political moderation in a state where about a quarter of the voters are independents, but it has created immense stakes for Democrats: They need to win 23 seats to take back the House, and party officials believe the path runs through the seven competitive California districts, all of which Hillary Clinton carried in 2016.”

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Democrats Go All-Out to Avoid Disaster in California (Original Post) applegrove May 2018 OP
There are 18 Democrats running for governor tirebiter May 2018 #1

tirebiter

(2,537 posts)
1. There are 18 Democrats running for governor
Sun May 27, 2018, 06:39 AM
May 2018

I'm willing to bet it comes down to Villaraigosa and Newsom in the general and not one Republican.

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