What Went Down In The June 7 Primaries

The outcome is looking pretty clear in California’s 5th District. With about half the vote counted, GOP Rep. Tom McClintock leads with 42 percent of the vote, followed by Democrat Michael Barkley at 39 percent. Another Republican, Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig, has just 12 percent and doesn’t look likely to make the general election.

In fact, NBC has already projected the recall outcome: Boudin is out. This is a notable rejection of progressive criminal justice reforms in the deep blue city of San Francisco, just a year after school board recalls marked a rejection of some of the city’s progressive school policies.

With 45 percent of the vote in, the people of San Francisco appear to be on track to recall their district attorney by a 20-point margin. Progressive Chesa Boudin won a four-year term in 2019, but as concerns about crime gripped the city, he seemed to have lost support among local leaders like Mayor London Breed, who never took a public position on the recall.