Election Day is tomorrow in California, where the so-called “jungle primary” will move the two winning gubernatorial candidates to a November election. Since current governor Gavin Newsom is term-limited, that has set up a political fight among other prominent Democrats campaigning to replace him and maintain that party’s stranglehold on statewide politics.
Tomorrow’s election will decide the race for Los Angeles mayor, too. That race includes Mayor Karen Bass, the communist Democrat seeking a second term, but it has gained national attention aftersurprise candidate Spencer Pratt (pictured below) caught the political machine off guard with his straight-talking message and funny, AI-generated political ads.
In the governor’s race, where more than 50 names are on the ballot, polls have shifted dramatically and now show Democrat Xavier Becerra moving ahead of a prominent Republican, Steve Hilton. A second Democrat, billionaire Tom Steyer, is polling third and a Republican candidate, Chad Bianco, has dropped into fourth place.
Political analyst Craig Huey, who lived in California and knows its political landscape, told American Family News that Steyer and Becerra will likely beat out Hilton for the number one and number two slots.
Steyer is a “radical socialist” who has powerful unions backing him, Huey advised, while Becerra is the “establishment” Democrat who can depend on the party and its get-out-the-vote machine.”
“So they're battling it out between the two of them,” he said.
If they are vying the top two finishes, Huey said that leaves Hilton to finish third. That's because he lacks the campaign funds and the political “ground game” Democrats are using to get their voters to the polls.
In the race for L.A. mayor, communist Bass is polling at 26%, socialist councilwoman Nithya Raman is at 25%, and Pratt is trailing in third with 22%.
Huey predicts Bass will emerge on top on Election Day and Pratt will edge past Raman.
