What Went Down In The June 7 Primaries

We’re getting some results out of the 8th District, too. According to The New York Times, which has 16 percent of precincts reporting, Democratic Rep. John Garamendi leads the pack with 65 percent of the vote. (No huge surprises there.) His closest opponent right now is Republican ​​Rudy Recile at 22 percent.

In California’s 45th, it looks like Republican Rep. Michelle Steel and Democrat Jay Chen, a community college trustee, are in good shape to advance to the general election in the fall. With 48 percent of the expected vote reporting, Chen is at 45 percent and Steel at 44 percent, while former Orange County Board of Education trustee Long Pham is in third with 10 percent.

In California’s 47th, just under 60 percent of the vote has been counted but the outcome here was never really in doubt. Democratic Rep. Katie Porter is tracking to face former state Assembly Minority Leader Scott Baugh, a Republican, in the November general election. Porter currently has 58 percent of the vote to Baugh’s 27 percent. This is one of the few races Republicans hope to put in play in California this fall, as they believe Porter is too liberal for her Orange County district.