What Went Down In The June 7 Primaries

We have some early returns in the Los Angeles mayoral race. With 13 percent of the expected vote in, Rick Caruso leads Karen Bass, 41 percent to 38 percent. Unlike the statewide races, in which the top-two candidates advance to general election regardless of the primary margin, the L.A. mayoral race can be decided tonight with a simple majority. However, the final polls of the race suggest that Caruso and Bass are both hovering in the high 30s to low 40s, making it likely that we’ll have a runoff come November.

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.