Tuesday’s blue wave hit California hard, sweeping away Republican candidates, congressional seats, and hopes of making gains.
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wave → hit → gains
Already a heavily Democratic state, California is delivering to Republicans another ugly election.
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California → deliver → election
California’s No Party Preference voters are fed up with the high cost of living and upset about perceptions of corruption in the White House.
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voters → feed → House
They’re punishing Republicans for it.
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They → punish → it
Republicans running for the Legislature get the same treatment as those running for statewide office.
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Republicans → run → office
And it’s particularly ugly for congressional Republicans (what few we have in the state).
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we → ’ → state
Steve Hilton has received about 36% so far against Xavier Becerra for governor.
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Hilton → receive → governor
Republican candidates for lieutenant governor, attorney general, controller, treasurer and secretary of state are all sitting around that same miserable number.
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candidates → sit → number
That’s the Republican base and a few conservative independents.
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That → ’ → ?
I doubt those numbers will move much as ballots come in.
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ballots → doubt → ?
She’s received nearly 43% for superintendent of public instruction, a nonpartisan office.
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She → receive → instruction
Without an R next to her name, Shaw outpaces Hilton by nearly seven points.
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Shaw → outpace → points
The partisan tag is the “cheat sheet” that protest voters need.
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voters → need → that
You think that’s an accident?
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that → think → ?
I don’t.
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I → do → ?
Former San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim, endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, leads state Sen. Ben Allen.
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Kim → endorse → Allen
Proposition 50’s gerrymandered, Democrat-friendly map had Republicans hoping they might hang on to five or six of California’s 52 House seats.
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they → have → seats
That now looks like wishful thinking, even by California Republican standards.
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That → look → standards
Reps. James Gallagher and Kevin Kiley have lost their races in heavily Democratic districts drawn under Proposition 50.
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Gallagher → lose → Proposition
Gallagher lost to state Sen. Mike McGuire in Northern California.
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Gallagher → lose → California
Kiley lost to former state Sen. Richard Pan near Sacramento.
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Kiley → lose → Sacramento
Longtime Republican Rep. David Valadao is losing badly to progressive Randy Villegas in the Central Valley.
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Valadao → lose → Valley
Down in San Diego County, GOP San Diego Supervisor Jim Desmond trails Marni von Wilpert in the district Darrell Issa once represented.
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Issa → trail → district
Tom McClintock and Vince Fong are holding their seats.
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McClintock → hold → seats
Ken Calvert leads Young Kim in the 40th District.
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Calvert → lead → District
Jay Obernolte is barely hanging on in the High Desert, and plenty of votes are still left to count.
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plenty → hang → votes
California could end up with just three or four Republicans in its 52-member congressional delegation.
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California → end → delegation
That’s astonishing, and depressing.
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That → ’ → ?
And a few Democrats are getting their own unpleasant surprises.
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Democrats → get → surprises
In Los Angeles, Democratic socialist Angela Gonzales-Torres is projected to defeat Rep. Jimmy Gomez.
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Torres → project → Gomez
Up in wine country, longtime Rep. Mike Thompson trails Eric Jones, a younger challenger with money to spend.
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Thompson → trail → money
Voters want change, and seniority isn’t protecting anyone.
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seniority → want → anyone
Sacramento isn’t offering Republicans any comfort.
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Sacramento → offer → comfort
Conservative state Sen. Tony Strickland trails Chris Duncan in his Orange County-based district.
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Strickland → trail → district
In eastern San Diego County, former City Attorney Mara Elliott leads Kristie Bruce-Lane for the seat being vacated by term-limited Senate Republican Leader Brian Jones.
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Elliott → lead → Jones
Hoover trails Amy Slavensky, Gonzalez trails Ida Obeso-Martinez, Wallis trails Leila Namvar, and Castillo trails Clarissa Cervantes.
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Castillo → trail → Cervantes
Democrats already have overwhelming majorities in Sacramento.
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Democrats → have → Sacramento
And judging from these returns, they’re about to get even more overwhelming.
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they → judge → returns
The ballot measures don’t fit that story so neatly.
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measures → fit → story
Proposition 39, the voter identification measure, has received just 41% support so far and is projected to fail.
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Proposition → receive → support
…and 15 more, not listed.
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