California Primary Results: Talking with Professor Jack Pitney.

About this episode

Professor Jack Pitney analyzes the results of the June 2nd California primaries and discusses implications for the November 2026 midterms.

The June 2nd California primaries are just behind us and Professor of American Politics at Claremont McKenna College, Jack Pitney, gives us his analysis. Set up for the November 2026 midterms.

People in this episode

Host: Jim Herlihy

Guest: Jack Pitney

Topics covered

• California primaries
• political analysis
• midterm elections
• American politics
• voting results

Keywords

• California primaries
• Jack Pitney
• political analysis
• midterms
• voting results

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Claremont McKenna College

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