Top-Two Open Primary Gives Underdog Candidates Fighting Chance

The race for California’s 50th Assembly District is still too close to call, but the underdog candidate, Mayor Richard Bloom, is holding on to an 800 vote lead against incumbent Assemblywoman Betsy Butler, a liberal Democrat backed by the Democratic party.

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Are Parties Still Relevant? A Look at Torie Osborn’s Grassroots Campaign in California AD-50

If a candidate can succeed in an election without their party’s endorsement or money, what’s the point of the party?

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Party Endorsements: “A Self-Perpetuating Machine of Incumbency”

As an establishment that prides itself on its commitment to electoral participation, why would the Democratic Party encourage and partake in the endorsement of candidates a month before the official filing period ends?

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Schwarzenegger’s Recycling Fail Betrays His Conservative Hard-Line

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