The California Secretary of State’s web page now lists the candidates in the March 3, 2020 primary.
Here is a link to the presidential primary candidate list. The list is alphabetical and combines candidates from all six parties into a single list.
Here is a link to U.S. House candidates.
Here is a link to State Senate candidates.
Here are the Assembly candidates.
Thanks to Mark Seidenberg for the links. Every U.S. House race has at least two major party members running, so under the top-two system, the November ballot will not include any candidates except Republicans and Democrats.
How many gerrymander incumbents with NOOO opposition [even with the top 2 primary scheme] ???
NOOOO primaries.
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PR and appV and TOTSOP
none. Every race has at least two candidates.
I thought that the asterisk next to Donald J Trump was like that next to Roger Maris, but it must indicate that he is the incumbent president.
In CA-21, Rocky de la Fuente (Jr.) is running as a Republican. His son Ricardo (not to be confused with Rocky III) is running as a Democrat.
The filing deadline for the special election for CA-25 is January 9, even though the filing requirements are the same as for the full term, which had an earlier qualifying date. California should move its Top 2 primary to September, and permit majority election, just as it does for nonpartisan offices.
23 independents are running for Congress. For someone who first voted in 1964, they would not have had to take their shoes off until 2010 to count all the independents over 24 elections, and 1000s of races.
There are four incumbents not seeking re-election. In those 4 seats, an average of 11.5 candidates are running. In the other 49 there are an average of 4.6 candidates.
So, more than ten months prior to the election, petitioning is closed?
@WZ,
California only has meaningful petitioning for independent candidates for president.
For statewide candidates, 65 signatures are needed, for district it is 40.
I’d still watch CA-40 to see if Rodolfo Cortes makes it to the general election ballot. He got over 20% of the vote in a two way in the 2018 election, the GOP is weak in that district, and the Democrats have four or five candidates running. He might get just enough votes to get second place given that he has some name recognition and campaign infrastructure already in place.
If one note the list the SOS is letting one candidate use an
acute accent mark above a letter in his name. I have never seen that allowed on a California ballot before. Has
any body seen that before?
I also note that the De La Fuente’s gave the notice under CA Election Code 13118 to the SOS yet I do not see “1” & “2” before there names.
@MS,
Does California use Spanish language ballots throughout the state?
13118 is somewhat contradictory. It says that candidates whose name might be confused can file, while the warning on the ballot says they are identical. But it also appears that the random alphabet only is used on surnames.
It would seem like the SOS would have to draw for order even if neither candidate had suggested possible confusion.