What Went Down In The June 7 Primaries

We’ve got nearly 70 percent of the expected vote in from California’s 41st District, and it looks likely that former federal prosecutor Will Rollins will be the Democrat to advance to the general election with Republican Rep. Ken Calvert. Calvert leads with 40 percent, followed by Rollins with 39 percent, putting him well ahead of engineer Shrina Kurani, the other Democrat in the race, who has 16 percent.

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.