What Went Down In The June 7 Primaries

With 46 percent of the expected vote tallied in California’s 34th district, incumbent Democrat Jimmy Gomez leads with 53 percent, and Democratic challenger David Kim follows with 37 percent. Both are expected to advance to the general election for a rematch of the 2020 contest in which Gomez beat Kim by just 6 points. Kim is challenging Gomez from the left, accusing Gomez of not being a true progressive in their deep-blue Los Angeles district.

In California’s 27th District, we have around half the expected vote in, and it looks pretty likely that Republican Rep. Mike Garcia will meet Democratic former Assemblywoman Christy Smith for a third straight election after he won a May 2020 special election and the November 2020 general election over her. Smith was expected to have a fair bit of competition from Navy veteran Quaye Quartey for the second spot from this seat, but it currently is not remotely close: Smith leads with 44 percent, Garcia has 39 percent and Quartey is way, way back in third, with 7 percent.

We’re also just now getting results from the 37th District. If you’ve been following this race closely, this shouldn’t be too big of a shock, but state Sen. Sydney Kamlager — who already represents most of the 37th District in the state Senate — is currently leading the pack with 44 percent of the vote. It might be a tough race for second vote-getter, however. Kamlager’s closest competitors currently are Jan Perry at 19 percent and Daniel Lee at 17 percent.