CA-16: Seesaw Results: Votes continue to be counted in California’s open 16th Congressional District jungle primary and the general election pairing is still yet to be determined. While former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo (D) has secured the first general election ballot position, San Mateo County Supervisor and former state Senator Joe Simitian (D) has re-taken the lead over Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell) by just 20 votes. In the previous two released counts, Mr. Low had assumed the lead first by 59 votes and then increasing to a 103 vote span.
The Secretary of State is reporting that over 99% of the votes have been tabulated, but a review of the county outstanding ballot totals suggests that an estimated 600 votes still remain uncounted. Therefore, it is unclear exactly which of these latter two men will advance. We do know, however, that the open seat final will feature two Democrats vying to replace retiring US Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Atherton). OH-6: Rulli Getting Outside Help: A special nomination election and concurrent regular primary will occur tomorrow in Ohio’s 6th Congressional District, which is the first step toward replacing resigned US Rep. Bill Johnson (R). The race is largely between state Sen. Michael Rulli (R-Salem) and state Rep. Reggie Stoltzfus (R-Delaware). The latter man has been attacking the Senator over what Stoltzfus claims in Rulli’s support for a bathroom bill that he says would have allowed men to use women’s restrooms. The Defending Main Street PAC organization is coming into the race late to help Sen. Rulli with ads hoping to clarify the legislator’s record. Whoever wins tomorrow’s GOP primary will be a heavy favorite in the June 11th special general election. The winner of that election will immediately take the seat to fill the balance of the current term. OH-6 covers a large section of eastern Ohio that borders Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The FiveThirtyEight data organization rates the district as R+31. Former President Donald Trump carried this seat with a 64-35% margin in 2020. PA-12: Dem Primary Attack Launched: A competitive Democratic primary is underway in the Pittsburgh area as freshman Rep. Summer Lee (D-Swissvale/Pittsburgh) defends her heavily Democratic district for the first time. Edgewood Borough Councilwoman Bhavini Patel is her principal opponent for the April 24th primary. The Moderate PAC is involving itself in the race, running attack ads against Rep. Lee referring to her as a socialist and one who is out of the Democratic Party’s mainstream. This is becoming one of the hotter primaries on the early primary calendar, and the race deserves attention as the primary draws nearer. Comments are closed.
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