San Francisco election officials still have 10,000 ballots to count from the June 7 primary. As of the morning of June 16, the vote count for U.S. House, 12th district, is: Democrat Nancy Pelosi 163,456; Republican Bob Miller 16,021; independent Preston Picus 15,843; Green Barry Hermanson 13,633. As the provisional ballots have been processed, Picus has been gaining on Miller.

If Picus places second, that will be only the second time that any independent has qualified in a California top-two race, if there was at least one Democrat and one Republican also running in the primary. The first instance was in 2012 in the 33rd U.S. House district in Los Angeles County, when independent Bill Bloomfield placed second in the primary, even though a Republican and a Democrat were also in the race. In that race, Democrat Henry Waxman was re-elected.

The Green Party national convention in Houston will debate whether to amend the party platform and declare that the party supports socialism. See this press release.

On June 15, the Jill Stein campaign announced that 203 Green Party delegates have been selected who are pledged to vote for Stein, so that she is now assured of the presidential nomination. The national convention is in Houston, Texas, August 6-7.