Posted on 08/09/2016 4:20:05 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
All 80 seats up for grabs in the California Assembly and half the 40 Senate positions, but the interest is focused most intensely on a handful of races with the potential to alter the balance of power in Capitol.
Among the most interesting legislative races:
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
California ping
Gee, it’s mostly Democrats OR Republicans turned Democrats running against other Democrats. I guess the inhabitants of the state must think it’s in great shape! I LOVE California, but am glad we no longer live there. I miss the activities we enjoyed there, but always hated the politics. And it has gotten much worse since we left. My husband’s company was one of the companies that fled California in the late 2000’s.
State is so dysfunction that it allows 2 Dem against each other in national election in Nov. Corruption does give politician upper hand to grasp power.
This is the result of a "campaign reform" initiative passed by the voters in 2010. As a result, the race for California's Senate seat is between two Democrats with no write-in votes being counted. Many Republicans told me that they are voting for the more "moderate" Democrat, but I'm through with this "lesser of two evils" garbage and will not be voting in the Senate race.
Which Marxist Collectivists will serve the party praesidium?
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