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Interesting. Apparently, for open Senate races in California, they just have everybody that wants to run (D, R, and otherwise) face off against each other during the "primary" and the top two go against each other in a run off in the fall.
 
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Interesting. Apparently, for open Senate races in California, they just have everybody that wants to run (D, R, and otherwise) face off against each other during the "primary" and the top two go against each other in a run off in the fall.
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I wasn't always this way. I think that this new way of voting started in 2012. We can only vote for the presidential candidate of our party, however, for candidates running for other offices, we can vote for anyone.
 
Tony Stark said:
Interesting. Apparently, for open Senate races in California, they just have everybody that wants to run (D, R, and otherwise) face off against each other during the "primary" and the top two go against each other in a run off in the fall.
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That's the way it is in Washington as well. It's a result of lawsuits by the major parties against the former "open primary" system, which allowed people to vote for anyone from any party. The voters loved that. The party bosses hated it, because they weren't in control. We then went to a "chose a party" primary, where you had to first mark a party preference then vote for only that party. Voters hated it. So now we have the "top two" system as you describe. That can, and has, resulted in both finalists being from the same party.
 
Don't know if I like open primaries -- people should be able to band together to elect people to get their issues attention.

When people can, loudly and with joy on their faces, go queer their opponents' election in the primary, something is wrong.
 
I was thinking about that also. It used to be that each person voted for the people in his or her party in June. The person with the most votes in each of the six parties would be in the November general election, where anyone can vote for anyone.

Back then, during the June primaries, No Party Preference voters could only vote for non-partisan candidates, including school board, city council, mayor, board of supervisors, etc. In November, they could vote for anyone.

The old way allowed smaller party candidates a somewhat better chance of getting into office.
 
It's an interesting way of doing things here in the Golden State.
But IMHO the really great thing we did in California was to take reapportionament out of the hands of the State Legislature and give it to an independent,bi partisan commission. As a result we have many more Competitive House races then most states. The Commision might not be a perfect solution (what solution involving human beings is?) but it works a lot better the the orgy of Gerrymandering that goes on in most states. And both parties are equally guilty of it. The GOP gerrymanders more because they control more state legislatures,but the Dems are just as bad in the state where they control the legislature.
 
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And the Harris/Sanchez race will be a classic Norcal (Harris) vs Socal (Sanchez) contest.

I saw Harris a couple of weeks ago at Leatherby's a Sacramento Ice Cream Parlor with a long history of being a favorite with Politicians. Photos of both Arnie and Jerry Brown eating there are on display.
BTW, they serve really great Ice Cream. Strongly recommended if you visit Sacramento.
 
Maya22 said:
California Primary

Kamala Harris, Loretta Sanchez advance in U.S. Senate race
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article82406532.html

Sen. Barbara Boxer is retiring. 34 candidates ran to fill her seat. I think that Sen. Dianne Feinstein is retiring in 2018, however, I'm not 100% sure.
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After reading this thread, all I got was:

bla bla bla de da. Bla bla bla Feinstein may be retiring in 2008. Bla bla bla.....

You just made my day. Kind of. It helped anyways.
 
Former Anchorage mayor Dan Sullivan is running for US Senate against Lisa Murkowski in the Republican primary. If he wins, then wins the general election, Alaska would have 2 US senators named Dan Sullivan.
 
fishbob said:
Former Anchorage mayor Dan Sullivan is running for US Senate against Lisa Murkowski in the Republican primary. If he wins, then wins the general election, Alaska would have 2 US senators named Dan Sullivan.
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I wonder if this has happened before, two people with the same name, potentially colleagues from the same State. I find it interesting the one Sullivan is not endorsing the other Sullivan.

Sullivan on Sullivan: Alaska senator backs Murkowski in U.S. Senate race
 
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I wonder if this has happened before, two people with the same name, potentially colleagues from the same State. I find it interesting the one Sullivan is not endorsing the other Sullivan.

Sullivan on Sullivan: Alaska senator backs Murkowski in U.S. Senate race
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Alaska has such a small population that inbreeding is common. Father/Uncle?Brother and Mother/aunt/Sister combinations not only produce politicians of fouled genetics but many share the same names....j/k
 
We're starting to get the state-level election ads, and about 4 people are running for Attorney General here.
One fellow is shown shooting an AR and blowing up some tannerite...

Another candidate is taking one of his opponents to task for openly admitting to being "moderate". Gee, I thought being liberal was a dirty word previously...
 
New York's Congressional primaries were Tuesday. Charles Rangel's old seat in the 13th district (Harlem and a chunk of the Bronx) is up for grabs in November and there were 9 Democrats on the ballot.

Establishment candidate (chairman of the New York County Democratic Party and Rangel's handpick successor) Keith Wright lost to State Senator Adriano Espaillat. Espaillat had 2 previous unsuccessful runs against Rangel, but 2014 was very close. Should Espaillat win in November (and since we have no Republican party to speak off here, he will), he would be the first member of Congress of Dominican descent.
 
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