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California’s 22nd Congressional District challenges conventional wisdom about Latino voters, party loyalty, and the political assumptions that shape how campaigns are fought.
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California's top-two primary brings DSA-backed Democrats face-to-face with the party's moderate wing before the entire electorate. Steve Peace, who authored the law, discusses whether his system is working as designed.
After more than three decades of waiting, Chula Vista’s long-promised public university needs both perspectives of business leadership and public service to cut delay, reduce uncertainty, and finally get it built.
No Republican reached the November ballot in the race for Assembly District 68, so 68,000 independent voters will decide between DSA-recommended Jessie Lopez and moderate Democrat David Penaloza.
Assembly District 66 sends two Democrats to November with no Republican in the race, leaving 97,000 independents to choose between a socialist-backed progressive and a moderate with union and law enforcement support.
A DSA-recommended candidate and a moderate Democrat are the only two names on the ballot in California's Senate District 24, leaving independent and Republican voters to break the tie.
In California's East LA State Senate District 26, 144,000 independent voters will likely decide a general election between a socialist-backed candidate and a moderate Democrat, with no Republican on the ballot.
The Golden State's nonpartisan primary system allows all voters to participate in this November's legislative races, offering a unique test of how DSA-backed candidates compete when elections aren't decided in closed Democratic primaries.
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