California Democrats are in no danger of losing control of the state Legislature and may well expand their supermajorities in the 80-member Assembly and 40-member Senate after votes are tallied.
But incumbents aren’t invulnerable — particularly with California’s top-two balloting. In some cases, it has set up contests within the same party by advancing the two highest vote-getters from the March primary election regardless of their political affiliation.
Among the races to watch:
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 55
Republican Assemblyman Phil Chen of Yorba Linda is in a competitive race with Democratic challenger Andrew Rodriguez of Walnut in the district that includes parts of Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties. Democrats took a narrow lead in voter registration this year. It’s drawn the fifth-highest spending by the state’s major political parties and 13th most in independent spending for and against legislative candidates, according to the California Target Book, which tracks races.
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 59
The California Correctional Peace Officers Association literally put a target on Democratic Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer of Los Angeles in a campaign […]
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