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Numerous news stories have headlined that the crowd of California Democrats in the governor race is making it possible two Republican candidates could be the leading vote getters in the June 2 primary, in spite of California being an overwhelmingly Democratic state. The wide-open feature of the “jungle” primary where the top two candidates regardless of party go to the November general election makes the anomaly of no Democrat in the general election possible.
As the latest IGS poll shows, Republicans Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco are ahead with 33 percent of the vote. Next, three Democrats are splitting 36 percent. Five more Democrats trail, scattering 15 percent of the vote. Sixteen percent are undecided with many being unlikely voters.
Editorials have warned Democrats of the possibility and the Democratic party leadership has encouraged but thus far not pushed less successful candidate to exit the race. None have dropped out, even though several have lost support. Xavier Becerra and Antonio Villaraigosa have lost or stayed flat in polls for months. Betty Yee and Tony Thurmond, stalled at 1 percent, are wasting their time. Will anyone of them withdraw and endorse one of the three front runners, Eric Swalwell, Katie Porter or Tom Steyer?
Swalwell has considerable potential as major party leaders and donors haven’t favored Porter (2024 lost senate jungle primary) or Steyer (2020 president-no delegates) in their previous statewide or national efforts. But billionaire Steyer has spent more than $90 million on his campaign, especially for media, and apparently will spend considerably more to become one of the top two.
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