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It could very easily be Newsome/Villar, very easily. If had to bet I'd actually bet on that at this point, thank goodness there is a third major rat or else we'd be cooked for sure with 2 Republicans.

Re: Cali's System, it's not a "jungle primary" like Louisiana and I technically misspoke when I called the November elections "runoffs".

In the Bayou the all-party "jungle primary" which is is on election day, if someone gets 50% + 1 they win, if not the top two advance to a Dec runoff. Municipal elections in Chicago are the same system.

In Cali (and also now WA State) the all-party primary is held in June and the top two in each race advance to the November general election regardless of whether a candidate get's over 50% or not (as they often do), all general election races have 2 candidates (unless the incumbent was unopposed I guess, none were for any major race).

Cali's old system the "blanket" primary, ruled unconstitutional in 2000 (after ALL the parties sued), was similar, you could cross vote, vote for a D in one race and R in another, but the top finisher in EACH party advanced to the general. So if a primary result was say

Rat A 51%

Rat B 30%

GOP A 18%

Green A 1%

Rat A would have faced GOP A AND Green A in November and Rat B would be out. I prefer CLOSED primaries but I wouldn't mind that system so much in Illinois (or Cali or any dem leaning state).