Miller CA-31 is D+5
Waxman CA-33 is D+11
I like this new system ... for California, but really leaves wide open the opportunities for treachery. I wonder what the NOV ballot looks like in terms of party lines?
In open seats with a high partisan imbalance, you have two candidates of the same party on the general election ballot. Pretty nice for someone who is on the wrong side of an imbalanced district: the choice of the lesser evil is better than no choice at all. I know a lot of Republicans who were very happy to be able to vote for Brad Sherman over Howard Berman, that’s for sure, rather than the sacrificial lamb the Republicans usually offered against him.