get the results here<\/a> when the polls close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATE<\/b>: Well, it looks like we went 1 for 2. Sharon Runner defeated Darren Parker, but Ted Lieu was also able to pull off the 50% threshold. We should be seeing both Runner and Lieu in the Senate shortly.<\/i><\/p>\n
If you happen to live in either SD-17 or SD-28 it’s an election day today! In the 17th district, CDP African-American caucus chair faces off one-on-one with Sharon Runner. The winner will receive more than 50%+1, so they will be ready to take their seat right after the election is certified. <\/p>\n
Darren is an extremely dedicated and hard working leader. He helped out on the Kamala Harris campaign, and was an extremely passionate contributor. He is a fantastic alternative to the Runner dynasty.<\/p>\n
In the 28th, Ted Lieu is facing off with a slew of Republicans, a Democrat and a few others. The big challenge in this race is for Lieu to get to that magical 50%+1 so that he can take the seat right away. If he does, he will be able to get to vote on Jerry Brown’s budget, which he supports.<\/p>\n
Lieu has been a fighter, particularly on mortgage issues. While I haven’t always agreed with him, particularly with his positions on prison reform, he would be an asset to the Senate. He is a very sharp and intelligent legislator.<\/p>\n
So, if you are in the districts…VOTE! You can get the results here<\/a> when the polls close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[9602,4257],"class_list":["post-13149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-9602","tag-4257"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Pvhz-3q5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}