California Governor Gavin Newsom said on March 3 that he has “some concern” that there might be no Democrat on the November 2026 ballot for Governor. See this story. But he did not suggest that the legislature amend the law quickly to allow write-ins in the general election for top-two offices, nor did he suggest that the top-two system should be altered in any other way.
On February 23, he San Francisco Chronicle carried this op-ed by Steven Maviglio, calling for an end to the top-two system. The Chronicle had endorsed Prop. 14, the top-two ballot measure, when it had been on the ballot in June 2010.
The website that calculates the odds of two Republicans being the only names on the November ballot, twins-production-9381.up.railway.app, on March 4 says the probability of two Republicans being the only names on the November ballot are 27.5%.
I’d love to see it. But it won’t happen.
I can only count to two.
The Guv Dumbsom loved the top 2 primary as long as it got him elected.
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Two is a big number. It’s twice as big as one.