THOUGHTS ON THE CA GOVERNORS RACE

By Bob Walsh

 

 

Katie Porter, Democrat, is running 18% right now, slightly more than one year ahead of the election.  All of her democrat challengers are in single digits.

Steve Hilton, Republican, is running at 12%.  

California uses ranked choice voting so it is completely possible that there will be two Democrats running against each other on the final ballot.  It is also theoretically possible that there will be two Republicans running against each other, but nobody seems to think that is in any way more than theoretically possible.

It will be REALLY INTERESTING to see what happens with the Voter ID Requirement amendment which will probably be on the ballot next November.  I strongly believe it will pass IF it gets on the ballot.