What Went Down In The June 7 Primaries

With 28 percent reporting in California’s 42nd District, Democrat Robert Garcia is still in a commanding lead with 49 percent. Regardless of whether he faces Republican John Briscoe (currently at 24 percent) or Democrat Cristina Garcia (currently at 13 percent) in November, he looks like a solid favorite to head to Congress in this dark-blue seat.

Nothing projected here, but there are two candidates clearly running ahead in California’s 41st District with 68 percent of the expected vote reporting. Republican Rep. Ken Calvert has about 40 percent while Democrat Will Rollins, a former federal prosecutor, is at 39 percent. That puts Rollins well ahead of fellow Democrat and engineer Shrina Kurani’s 16 percent, likely setting up a Calvert-Rollins November race.

The eventual outcome is becoming more apparent in California’s 37th District, too. With about 50 percent of the expected vote in, state Sen. Sydney Kamlager seems all but assured to make the November general election with 44 percent of the vote. It might be too early, however, to know who she’ll likely face in the fall. Results so far show that L.A. Councilwoman Jan Perry and Culver City Mayor Daniel Lee are running tight in second at 18 percent and 17 percent, respectively.