About this episode

The episode discusses the potential outcomes of California's Jungle Primary and other primaries in New Jersey and Iowa as indicators for the midterm elections.

Late mail ballots will straggle in for days, but California could get some political competition in November, if Republicans Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt hang on in the races for Governor and Los Angeles mayor. Plus, primaries in New Jersey and Iowa offer additional signs of where the midterm winds might be blowing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Host: Paul Gigot

Topics covered

• California politics
• Republican primaries
• midterm elections
• political competition
• local governance

Keywords

• California
• Steve Hilton
• Spencer Pratt
• Jungle Primary
• midterm elections
• Republicans
• political competition

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Places: California, New Jersey, Iowa

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