Two strong Democrats are seeking the California U.S. Senate open seat in 2016. They are Attorney General Kamala Harris and U.S. House Member Lorettz Sanchez. According to this story, both of them have been endorsed by a substantial number of California Democratic U.S. House members. The story mentions a recent poll of the entire electorate that shows Harris at 26% and Sanchez at 17%. Three fairly prominent Republicans have also announced for the seat, but none of them has as much voter support as 10%.
If the current California system is not changed before the 2016 election, there is a fair possibility that the U.S. Senate ballot in November would include Harris and Sanchez and no one else, and there is no write-in space in November for Congressional races. This would be the first time any statewide race in either of the top-two states excluded one of the two major parties.
California has not had a U.S. Senator from outside the San Francisco Bay Area since before the 1992 election. Part of Sanchez’ appeal may be a regional appeal. Harris lives in San Francisco.
California politics. Stop the insanity!!
Obviously IF SCOTUS does NOT take the top 2 case, then there is about ZERO chance of changing the moronic top 2 system in CA.
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P.R. and nonpartisan App.V
P.R. to include the USA Senate — or ABOLISH it –
since it is one of the worst of the ANTI-Democracy minority rule legislative bodies in Western Civilization — due to the many small below average States.
Maybe the Republicans might decide to intervene on the side of CA’s third parties in the ongoing legal fight against Top Two, seeing as Top Two threatens to throw them off the ballot as well. Doubtful, though, since common sense is a rarity these days.
The Republicans of the United Coalition has teamed up with the Democratics and all parties and independents and we think unity is the key.
http://usparliament.org/pdc.php
If we can ever get some PR then our team will be able to change everything with the Democratics help.
The United Coalition’s 17 Candidates for President of the United States (POTUS) in 2016:
Updated on 9/16/2015
James Ogle [Republican] for President – California
Scot Olewine [Republican- Green Energy] for President – Puerto Rico
Keenan Dunham [Libertarian] for President – South Carolina
Miss Joy Waymire [Decline to State] for President – California
Andy Caffrey [Democratic] for President – California
Roger Nichols [Unity] for President – Missouri
Rhett Smith [Libertarian] for President – Texas
Ralph Beach [Independent] for President – South Carolina
James Le Sage [Humanitarian] for President – California
Ernest Wells [Communist] for President – Tennessee
Victoria Blaszczak [Democratic] for President – California
Jonah Bolt [One] for President – North Carolina
Vanessa Davis [Defender of the Republic] for President – Kentucky
Tony Jones [Republican] for President – Rhode Island
Tina Cook [Independent] for President – North Carolina
Verone Auzenne Thomas [Whig] for President – Lousianna
LeVonne Stone [Democratic] for President – California
So? The Republican Party has decided to double down on racism and anti-immigrant sentiment. If they’re too weak to compete in California as a result, so be it. There’s nothing that says any political party must last forever.