What Went Down In The June 7 Primaries

We’re also starting to see some results out of California’s 15th District — with the caveat, again, that it’s still early. As I mentioned earlier, Mullin is the leading candidate to watch. Results so far suggest he’s in good shape. The Democrat currently leads with 43 percent of the vote. His closest opponent, David Canepa, has netted about 24 percent support so far.

Latest count in the top-two primary for California’s 15th District

Results of the top-two primary for California’s 15th Congressional District, as of 11:21 p.m. Eastern

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote %
Kevin Mullin	D	18,267	42.7%
David Canepa	D	10,267	24.0
Gus Mattammal	R	6,705	15.7
Emily Beach	D	6,197	14.5
Jim Garrity	Ind.	739	1.7
Andrew Watters	D	464	1.1
Ferenc Pataki	Ind.	173	0.4

We have 26 percent of the expected vote reporting in California’s 13th District, an open, Democratic-leaning seat with a partisan lean of D+7. Democratic Assemblyman Adam Gray is in first place with 36 percent, while Republican John Duarte is in second with 27 percent. Gray and Duarte were both the preferred candidates of their party leadership.

Latest count in the top-two primary for California’s 13th District

Results of the top-two primary for California’s 13th Congressional District, as of 11:21 p.m. Eastern

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote %
Adam Gray	D	5,526	36.3%
John Duarte	R	4,176	27.4
Phil Arballo	D	3,142	20.6
David Giglio	R	1,934	12.7
Diego Martinez	R	449	2.9

And we have some results: With about 64 percent counted in California’s 40th District, Mahmood leads the pack with 48 percent, while incumbent Kim has 32 percent. Raths, a Republican who House GOP leadership feared could outpace Kim, is in third with 20 percent.

Latest count in the top-two primary for California’s 40th District

Results of the top-two primary for California’s 40th Congressional District, as of 11:17 p.m. Eastern

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote %
Asif Mahmood	D	30,562	47.6%
Young Kim*	R	20,233	31.5
Greg Raths	R	12,667	19.7
Nick Taurus	R	755	1.2