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If those numbers hold, Yee will face Republican \u003ca href=\"http://www.ashleyforca.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ashley Swearengin\u003c/a>, the incumbent mayor of Fresno, on Nov. 4. 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Any member of the public, including a candidate, can request a recount within five days of the final canvass of votes, provided he or she pay for it. The decision by Pérez comes right at the final deadline for a request, with Secretary of State Debra Bowen poised to formally certify the state’s June primary results in a matter of days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s recount provisions are relatively loose, in that the choice of which votes to tally a second time are chosen by the person who’s paying — individual precincts to entire counties are all subject to recount if someone has the money and inclination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A campaign adviser to Pérez says the 481-vote gap between the two prominent Democrats is within the “statistical margin of error” for the machines that tally paper ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, recounts can be a costly process that produce few — if any — additional votes. On June 25, just hours after it began, a GOP congressional candidate in the Inland Empire \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/06/26/44981/gooch-calls-off-recount-in-inland-empire-congressi/\" target=\"_blank\">called off a recount in a squeaker of a race\u003c/a> -- a recount that produced only a single extra vote in her column, for a cost that exceeded $6,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter Pérez submitted Sunday afternoon makes clear that the requested recount will go in a specific order, a likely hint that the second tally of votes can stop at any time Pérez wants. It's beginning in places where his vote tally was decidedly higher than that of Yee. A campaign consultant says the cost of the recount will depend on whether votes are re-examined with machines or by hand. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_16359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2013/11/PEterLeeCROP-e1386913666627.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-16359\" title=\"\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2013/11/PEterLeeCROP-640x464.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Lee, seen here in a 2012 photo, is the executive director of Covered California and testified Thursday before the joint legislative committee on health.\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Lee, seen here in a 2012 photo, is the executive director of Covered California and testified Thursday before the joint legislative committee on health.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan>State insurance commissioner Dave Jones is flatly rejecting accusations that a proposition on November's ballot would undermine the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in California.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If passed by voters, Proposition 45 would give the commissioner the power to reject excessive rate hikes for health insurance –- and, he argues, keep health premiums affordable for consumers. Last month, Covered California, the state’s health insurance exchange, said the measure could compromise its operations, possibly causing delays in approving health plans before they are federally mandated to go on sale to consumers, or curtailing its own authority to negotiate the details of plans with insurers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These conclusions are fundamentally flawed,” Jones said on Wednesday, speaking before the state’s joint legislative committee on health.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones issued a letter to the members of the committee detailing responses to the concerns and questions raised by Covered California. He said delays were unlikely given the small number of health insurers (40) and plans (100 per year) the commissioner would be tasked with overseeing under the initiative. This is compared to property insurers (500) and rate filings (7,000 year) currently overseen by his department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also emphasized that the scope of review under the measure would be limited to rates only. Covered California officials called the wording of the proposition “broad,” and said it could be interpreted to grant the commissioner power to review not only rates, but also specific benefits of health plans and the network of providers included in a plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t. It doesn’t,” Jones said at the hearing. He argued that if voters do not pass the proposition, California would see less competition in the health insurance market, leaving consumers with less choice and ever-increasing health insurance premiums. He said Covered California failed to negotiate better rates for consumers last year, noting premiums on individual plans for 2013 had increased between 21 and 88 percent the following year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, said there is more to plans than just the premiums. Testifying at Wednesday’s hearing, he conceded on the point of timing, expressing new confidence that his and Jones’ agencies could work together to meet federally set deadlines for approving health plans before the start of open enrollment in mid-November. However, he said there could still be negative implications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His main concern is that health insurers will simply withdraw their plans from the marketplace if the rates are rejected by the commissioner. This would leave consumers with less plans to choose from, and complicate how federal subsidies are calculated for all the consumers in that region. Subsidies, the financial assistance provided by the federal government to pay for plans, are calculated based, in part, on the number of plans available for sale in a particular market and prices. If one plan withdraws, or offers the previous year’s plan at the previous year’s rate, that complicates the calculation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only thing we can be sure of is the uncertainty of the products that would be available,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee also responded to questions from committee members who worried that the measure would cause health insurers to become singularly focused on keeping rates down at the expense of the benefits included in health plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People can get something cheap, but it may not have a good value,” said Assemblymember Richard Pan (D-Sacramento). “I hear from physicians who take care of minority populations. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_140747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/statecontroller.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-140747\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/statecontroller-640x235.jpg\" alt=\"Screen capture of the Secretary of State's latest tally in the primary race for state controller. The top two candidates will appear on the November ballot. \" width=\"640\" height=\"235\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen capture of the Secretary of State's latest tally in the primary race for state controller. The top two candidates will appear on the November ballot.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rarely, perhaps never, has the race for second place been so close and so closely watched for a statewide office in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And for now, it appears the slight ... perhaps final ... edge goes to \u003ca href=\"http://bettyyee.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Betty Yee\u003c/a> over fellow Democrat John Pérez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The apparent win (again, for second place) came after elections officials in rural Lake County, the last county in the state to finish its official count, \u003ca href=\"http://acm.co.lake.ca.us/elections/results/result26.htm#c2030\" target=\"_blank\">reported the tally early Monday evening\u003c/a>. That tally showed Pérez won the county by 1,041 votes -- a good showing, but not a wide enough margin to overtake Yee's previous statewide lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Monday report from Lake County shows that, pending any other data, \u003ca href=\"http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/controller/\" target=\"_blank\">Yee edged Pérez by a mere 484 votes\u003c/a> out of more than 4 million votes cast in the race for state controller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The winner of the June primary was Republican \u003ca href=\"http://www.ashleyforca.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ashley Swearengin\u003c/a>, the incumbent mayor of Fresno. But her place on the ballot was never in question. What has been the source of enormous statewide interest in the almost four weeks since Election Day was who came in second -- the only other candidate, under California's top-two primary system, whose name will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I call upon all Democrats to unite in the effort to hold this vital position,\" said Yee, a longtime member of the state Board of Equalization, in a written statement Monday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incumbent, Democrat John Chiang, is stepping aside due to term limits and is one of the two candidates on the fall ballot for the job of state treasurer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But John Pérez, who recently stepped aside as speaker of the state Assembly, isn't conceding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are still votes to be counted,\" said Pérez's political consultant, Doug Herman, by email Monday night. \"We look forward to the final vote count.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's unclear where the Pérez team believes that votes have been left uncounted. An unofficial report on the website of the Secretary of State shows no county reported outstanding ballots as of last Friday (\u003ca href=\"http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/statewide-elections/2014-primary/unprocessed-ballots-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">PDF\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing is for certain: the battle for second place in the controller's race may be the closest contest in California history, and is already the closest in modern times and one of the closest across the nation this election season. But unlike other states, there's no provision for an automatic recount in California election law. Candidates must pay for any recounting of ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the temptation could be very real for a candidate who comes so close to winning a spot on the fall ballot. As political data consultant Paul Mitchell \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/paulmitche11/status/483795327757979649\" target=\"_blank\">noted on Twitter Monday night\u003c/a>, the 484-vote victory by Betty Yee represents a margin of just one-one hundredth of 1 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Myers discusses the race with KQED's Mina Kim:\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/156915192&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By state law, all ballot measures must qualify no later than 131 days before an election -- Thursday for this fall's election. Still, the ballot is unlikely to be finalized for several more weeks; the Legislature (which can waive those election rules) continues work on a revamped water bond and a proposed school construction bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with those measures, November is on course to feature one of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/06/13/2014/november-2014-ballot-looks-short/\" target=\"_blank\">the shortest general election ballots\u003c/a> in the 103-year history of direct democracy in the Golden State. The record for fewest propositions was set in November 2000, with only eight measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nonviolent crimes initiative joins a ballot featuring proposals to enact \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/16/us/politics/california-legislators-reach-deal-for-new-rainy-day-fund-on-ballot.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">a new rainy day state budget reserve\u003c/a>; to give the state insurance commissioner \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/California_Insurance_Companies_Required_to_Justify_Their_Rates_to_the_Public_Initiative_(2014)\" target=\"_blank\">new power to regulate health insurance rates\u003c/a>; to loosen the state's \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/California_Increase_in_Cap_on_Medical_Malpractice_Lawsuits_Initiative_(2014)\" target=\"_blank\">1975 cap on medical malpractice awards\u003c/a>; and to overturn, via referendum, \u003ca href=\"http://capitolweekly.net/anti-casino-referendum-qualifies/\" target=\"_blank\">approval of a new off-reservation Indian casino in the Central Valley\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139561\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/IMG_4056.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-139561\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/IMG_4056-640x478.jpg\" alt=\"(John Myers, KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(John Myers/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The safe money, so to speak, in California politics for years has been that voters are usually happy to approve long-term government borrowing. In some ways, it has seemed like free money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the post-recession era, where debt has become a political hot potato and the incumbent governor has made debt reduction his mantra, a statewide bond measure is a bit more of a dicey proposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That helps explain what could soon be a real dilemma under the Capitol dome in Sacramento: Can two multibillion-dollar bond plans, one for water and one for schools, both succeed on Nov. 4? Might voters see it as a choice of one or the other? Or, angry over the idea of big debt, reject both?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue was raised, gingerly it seemed, on Wednesday afternoon during a hearing of the Senate Education Committee on \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/asm/ab_2201-2250/ab_2235_bill_20140523_amended_asm_v98.htm\" target=\"_blank\">AB2235\u003c/a>, a bipartisan $9 billion dollar K-12 and higher education bond proposal. A long line of supporters at the hearing suggested that the backlog of school construction and modernization needs is actually bigger than the bond as written — a need some estimate statewide at as much as \u003cem>$12 billion\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That explains why so many of those same education advocates seemed flummoxed by the committee's staff recommendation: Shrink the 2014 schools bond down to just $2 billon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school bond, though, has pretty much flown under the radar this year in comparison to talk of a water bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For months, public and private Capitol negotiations have labored over how to rework the priorities and reduce the size of an $11 billion water bond already on the November ballot, a water storage and operations measure crafted back in 2010. That bond is now almost universally seen as too expensive and, in light of the current drought, misguided in its approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one believes an $11 billion bond and a $9 billion bond can both win passage in 2014; California voters might have a general proclivity to borrowing, but $20 billion? That would be exactly the kind of scenario on which Republicans would love to hound Democratic candidates in a year in which the GOP is otherwise struggling to find traction. And it certainly would be a political gift for Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari in what may otherwise be a quixotic quest to unseat Gov. Jerry Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be fair, there's virtually no support these days for a water bond totaling $11 billion. Several legislative proposals remain in discussion, with most of them envisioning between $6 billion and $8 billion in new borrowing for water needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday's education hearing raised the idea of a $2 billion school bond now, one to help meet the most pressing construction needs, and then a second and larger school bond for voters to consider in 2016. The bond's author, Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan (D-Alamo), opposed that provision for AB2235 but ultimately agreed to remove a dollar amount from her bill while some of the committee's concerns about priorities and projects could be reviewed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All of us have an interest in making the bond work,\" said Buchanan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the politics may still be tough. Many believe the governor, proud of his paying-down-California-debt mantra, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2014/03/25/6268276/dan-walters-crafting-a-2014-water.html\" target=\"_blank\">is leery of having to campaign for re-election alongside more borrowing\u003c/a>, even if it's for a cause voters generally support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the Legislature's leading voices for a water bond, state Sen. Lois Wolk (D-Davis), says the possibility of two bond measures might raise the stakes on water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is a need for both,\" Wolk said in an email, \"and education bonds usually fair better than water bonds. If they both are on the same ballot, it heightens the importance of there being a consensus on the water bond.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools may generally fare better, but voters have been supportive of both kinds of bonds in the past. Since 1998, voters have approved some $35 billion in K-12 bonds and another $10 billion for higher education. In that same time period, voters have given their blessing to more than $19 billion in bonds related to water and the environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1091\" target=\"_blank\">poll by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California this spring\u003c/a> found that a slim majority of voters surveyed support a water bond if it were smaller than the existing $11 billion proposal\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But two big bonds on the same ballot? It's anyone's guess. And that's what makes some policy and political observers nervous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing is for sure: It will make for some interesting viewing over the next few weeks. Even though state law says all ballot measures must be in place by next Thursday, June 26, neither of these will make that deadline -- which means the Legislature will have to also give itself a legal extension. \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/capitalnotes/2011/02/16/special-election-deadline-who-knows/\" target=\"_blank\">In years past, the accepted wisdom has been that the latest that a legislative measure could be placed on the ballot is 88 days from Election Day\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That would mean that the water bond/schools bond debate must be over by Aug. 8.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school bond, though, has pretty much flown under the radar this year in comparison to talk of a water bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For months, public and private Capitol negotiations have labored over how to rework the priorities and reduce the size of an $11 billion water bond already on the November ballot, a water storage and operations measure crafted back in 2010. That bond is now almost universally seen as too expensive and, in light of the current drought, misguided in its approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one believes an $11 billion bond and a $9 billion bond can both win passage in 2014; California voters might have a general proclivity to borrowing, but $20 billion? That would be exactly the kind of scenario on which Republicans would love to hound Democratic candidates in a year in which the GOP is otherwise struggling to find traction. And it certainly would be a political gift for Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari in what may otherwise be a quixotic quest to unseat Gov. Jerry Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be fair, there's virtually no support these days for a water bond totaling $11 billion. Several legislative proposals remain in discussion, with most of them envisioning between $6 billion and $8 billion in new borrowing for water needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday's education hearing raised the idea of a $2 billion school bond now, one to help meet the most pressing construction needs, and then a second and larger school bond for voters to consider in 2016. The bond's author, Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan (D-Alamo), opposed that provision for AB2235 but ultimately agreed to remove a dollar amount from her bill while some of the committee's concerns about priorities and projects could be reviewed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All of us have an interest in making the bond work,\" said Buchanan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the politics may still be tough. Many believe the governor, proud of his paying-down-California-debt mantra, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2014/03/25/6268276/dan-walters-crafting-a-2014-water.html\" target=\"_blank\">is leery of having to campaign for re-election alongside more borrowing\u003c/a>, even if it's for a cause voters generally support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the Legislature's leading voices for a water bond, state Sen. Lois Wolk (D-Davis), says the possibility of two bond measures might raise the stakes on water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is a need for both,\" Wolk said in an email, \"and education bonds usually fair better than water bonds. If they both are on the same ballot, it heightens the importance of there being a consensus on the water bond.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools may generally fare better, but voters have been supportive of both kinds of bonds in the past. Since 1998, voters have approved some $35 billion in K-12 bonds and another $10 billion for higher education. In that same time period, voters have given their blessing to more than $19 billion in bonds related to water and the environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1091\" target=\"_blank\">poll by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California this spring\u003c/a> found that a slim majority of voters surveyed support a water bond if it were smaller than the existing $11 billion proposal\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But two big bonds on the same ballot? It's anyone's guess. And that's what makes some policy and political observers nervous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing is for sure: It will make for some interesting viewing over the next few weeks. Even though state law says all ballot measures must be in place by next Thursday, June 26, neither of these will make that deadline -- which means the Legislature will have to also give itself a legal extension. \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/capitalnotes/2011/02/16/special-election-deadline-who-knows/\" target=\"_blank\">In years past, the accepted wisdom has been that the latest that a legislative measure could be placed on the ballot is 88 days from Election Day\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That would mean that the water bond/schools bond debate must be over by Aug. 8.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_117065\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/vote.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-117065\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/vote.jpg\" alt=\"The outlook isn't great for voter turnout tomorrow. (David Paul Morris/Getty)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">November's ballot could be the shortest in years. (David Paul Morris/Getty)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After months of private maneuvering, polling and even some expensive signature-gathering efforts that appear to have been in vain, November's statewide ballot in California is looking like the smallest ever when it comes to propositions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State law requires that ballot measures clear all hurdles at least 131 days before the election; and in the case of Nov. 4, that's June 26.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In truth, though, there are deadlines that come much earlier — unless the measure is written by the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But we'll come back to that in a minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this juncture, five measures have either qualified for California's fall ballot or are sure bets to be included; a sixth also has pretty good odds, though it remains in some political limbo at the state Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six propositions would be the lowest on any general election ballot since California enacted the direct democracy system in 1911. The low-water mark, to date, for propositions was seven measures in both 2002 and 1916.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The small crop of 2014 measures stands in contrast to the more than four dozen proposed laws that have been in circulation for voter signatures in the 2013 and 2014 cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of now, only four measures have officially qualified. They include an effort to lift the state's \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/California_Increase_in_Cap_on_Medical_Malpractice_Lawsuits_Initiative_(2014)\" target=\"_blank\">existing cap on medical malpractice\u003c/a> awards; an effort to \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/California_Insurance_Companies_Required_to_Justify_Their_Rates_to_the_Public_Initiative_(2014)\" target=\"_blank\">change how health insurance rates are regulated\u003c/a>; a \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/California_Referendum_to_Overturn_Indian_Gaming_Compacts_(2014)\" target=\"_blank\">referendum\u003c/a> on the state's first off-reservation Indian casino project; and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18517\" target=\"_blank\">expanded state budget rainy day fund\u003c/a> crafted by Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fifth likely candidate is an initiative, now in the process of signature verification, to change some nonviolent felony crimes into misdemeanors. The random sampling by elections officials of signatures (\u003ca href=\"http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/pend_sig/init-sample-1645-061214.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">PDF\u003c/a>) suggests it will be certified for the ballot by the official deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there might be a sixth measure: a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2014/06/10/6470386/norcal-leaders-frame-their-position.html\" target=\"_blank\">still-being-discussed statewide water bond\u003c/a> to replace the $11 billion proposal now sitting on the ballot unless lawmakers recraft it before adjourning at the end of August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the fall 2014 crop, expect the medical malpractice initiative — which also includes drug-testing rules for doctors — and the health insurance regulation initiative to be the biggest spending campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when will the ballot be officially all set? Well, for the water bond and any other measures crafted by lawmakers, the deadlines get ... sorry ... fluid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although state election law clearly says that no measure may be placed on the ballot within 131 days of the election, don't forget that legislators and the governor \u003cem>write laws\u003c/em>. And they can suspend those laws when it comes to writing ballot measures, as they've done time and time again. That means that water bond negotiations — which are expected to produce a smaller and refocused borrowing plan to boost water resources — can continue for weeks, much to the frustration of elections officials who would have to scramble to print voter guides, ballots and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(In 2011, \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/capitalnotes/2011/02/16/special-election-deadline-who-knows/\" target=\"_blank\">some noodling over the drop-dead date for lawmakers to create a tax ballot measure\u003c/a> seemed to suggest 88 days may be the practical bare minimum — which would give water bond talks until early August.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several much-talked-about initiatives look to have fizzled out, at least for 2014, including talk of \u003ca href=\"http://www.laweekly.com/informer/2014/03/17/california-marijuana-legalization-initiative-fails\" target=\"_blank\">a marijuana legalization initiative\u003c/a> and a unique proposal to \u003ca href=\"http://www.news10.net/story/news/politics/john-myers/2014/01/22/4770983/\" target=\"_blank\">split California into six separate states\u003c/a>. The reasons for those measures missing the mark are many; and keep in mind that in some cases it might be purely tactical, as the November 2016 election — a presidential election — is expected to have a much larger turnout than the gubernatorial election that will be held in a little more than four months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's also a chance of other proposals coming from the Legislature before it adjourns just before Labor Day. Notably, that could include \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sca_17_bill_20140515_amended_sen_v98.htm\" target=\"_blank\">a constitutional amendment to allow for the suspension of legislators without pay\u003c/a>, an idea born out of the recent Capitol corruption allegations. And there's a potential $9 billion school bond being considered by the Legislature, an idea that's received bipartisan support so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those measures would mean 2014 wouldn't break a record for fewest propositions. Still, it's shaping up to be a very lean year for voters to write laws — something Californians have done an awful lot of over the last century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post has been updated to reflect the existence of a proposed November statewide school bond, which is now being considered by legislators.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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They include an effort to lift the state's \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/California_Increase_in_Cap_on_Medical_Malpractice_Lawsuits_Initiative_(2014)\" target=\"_blank\">existing cap on medical malpractice\u003c/a> awards; an effort to \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/California_Insurance_Companies_Required_to_Justify_Their_Rates_to_the_Public_Initiative_(2014)\" target=\"_blank\">change how health insurance rates are regulated\u003c/a>; a \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/California_Referendum_to_Overturn_Indian_Gaming_Compacts_(2014)\" target=\"_blank\">referendum\u003c/a> on the state's first off-reservation Indian casino project; and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18517\" target=\"_blank\">expanded state budget rainy day fund\u003c/a> crafted by Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fifth likely candidate is an initiative, now in the process of signature verification, to change some nonviolent felony crimes into misdemeanors. The random sampling by elections officials of signatures (\u003ca href=\"http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/pend_sig/init-sample-1645-061214.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">PDF\u003c/a>) suggests it will be certified for the ballot by the official deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there might be a sixth measure: a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2014/06/10/6470386/norcal-leaders-frame-their-position.html\" target=\"_blank\">still-being-discussed statewide water bond\u003c/a> to replace the $11 billion proposal now sitting on the ballot unless lawmakers recraft it before adjourning at the end of August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the fall 2014 crop, expect the medical malpractice initiative — which also includes drug-testing rules for doctors — and the health insurance regulation initiative to be the biggest spending campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when will the ballot be officially all set? Well, for the water bond and any other measures crafted by lawmakers, the deadlines get ... sorry ... fluid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although state election law clearly says that no measure may be placed on the ballot within 131 days of the election, don't forget that legislators and the governor \u003cem>write laws\u003c/em>. And they can suspend those laws when it comes to writing ballot measures, as they've done time and time again. 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The reasons for those measures missing the mark are many; and keep in mind that in some cases it might be purely tactical, as the November 2016 election — a presidential election — is expected to have a much larger turnout than the gubernatorial election that will be held in a little more than four months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's also a chance of other proposals coming from the Legislature before it adjourns just before Labor Day. Notably, that could include \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sca_17_bill_20140515_amended_sen_v98.htm\" target=\"_blank\">a constitutional amendment to allow for the suspension of legislators without pay\u003c/a>, an idea born out of the recent Capitol corruption allegations. And there's a potential $9 billion school bond being considered by the Legislature, an idea that's received bipartisan support so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those measures would mean 2014 wouldn't break a record for fewest propositions. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_117107\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/sunnydale.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-117107\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/sunnydale.jpg\" alt=\" (David McNew/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 6:15 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Betty Yee has overtaken John A. Pérez, again, as of the afternoon update on the vote count. She is currently 2,820 votes ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It may not have the intrigue of hanging chads or mysteriously appearing ballots, but it's the only real statewide drama left from the June 3 primary election: Who won the second and final spot on the fall ballot in the race for state controller?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At various times since the polls closed on Election Night, the answer has been one of three candidates: Republican newcomer David Evans, Democrat and state Board of Equalization member \u003ca href=\"http://bettyyee.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Betty Yee\u003c/a>, or Democrat and former Assembly speaker \u003ca href=\"http://www.perezforcontroller.com/\" target=\"_blank\">John Pérez\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the race is now really down to Yee and Pérez, the two Democrats whose campaign to be California's next chief fiscal officer \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/california+democrats+divided+in+controller+race\" target=\"_blank\">represented a bitter split among a number of party faithful\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This one is a political nail-biter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of early Wednesday afternoon, \u003ca href=\"http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/controller/\" target=\"_blank\">official records\u003c/a> show Yee ahead of Pérez — after he was ahead for several days — and after she was ahead before that. Yee's lead stood at 3,008 votes, out of more than 3.7 million votes cast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In first place, as she's been since Election Night, is Republican \u003ca href=\"http://www.ashleyforca.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ashley Swearengin\u003c/a>, the incumbent mayor of Fresno. Swearengin, who has about 25 percent of the vote, is all but assured of one of the two spots on the Nov. 4 statewide ballot. Her GOP challenger Evans — \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2014/06/05/6458734/dan-morain-david-evans-and-his.html\" target=\"_blank\">an accountant and political unknown\u003c/a> who looked to be in second place as the sun rose on June 4 — now appears to be out of the running, as the two Democrats have amassed thousands of votes in the late counting of ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Pérez and Yee swapping turns in second place these past few days, the theories as to who ultimately comes out on top are numerous. Some number crunchers suggest that the counties left with a significant number of uncounted ballots lean the final result toward a win for Yee. But Pérez has been ahead of late and has been boosted by the vote tallying in his home territory, Los Angeles — California's most vote-rich county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the roughly 300,000 votes left to count are absentee ballots turned in to elections officials late. But as many as 33,000 uncounted ballots are ones either damaged or marked in a way that machines can't read them. There's no way to know yet how many of those could factor into a race this close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's another thing to consider: California has no provision in its election law for an automatic recount, some kind of threshold by which a tight race is guaranteed to get a second look. 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The estimated cost at that point: about $5,700 a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with his fundraising lead in the race, it's doubtful Pérez would have enough cash on hand to mount much of a challenge; Yee would probably have no way to mount such a challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which is why the daily, even hourly vote tally is being so closely watched — easily the closest statewide race for office in a long, long time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>3:35 p.m. UPDATE: This story has been updated with new numbers showing Betty Yee overtaking John Pérez's narrow lead. We'll update it as often as possible over the coming hours.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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And that's where the certainty on the outcome ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats John \u003cspan style=\"color: #222222\">Pérez\u003c/span> and Betty Yee and Republican David Evans are within a few thousand votes of each other. \u003cspan style=\"color: #222222\">Pérez\u003c/span>, an assemblyman and former speaker of the Legislature's lower house, has 21.7 percent of the vote; Evans, a Republican CPA, has 21.6 percent; and Yee, a member of the state Board of Equalization, has 21.5 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, this is where all those uncounted votes from Tuesday — mail-in , provisional and damaged ballots —will come in. Statewide, there are likely hundreds of thousands of them still to be counted. That means it will be a matter of days before we know who will be the No. 2 finisher in the race and make it onto the November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are other results for statewide offices from \u003ca href=\"http://vote.sos.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">the Secretary of State\u003c/a>'s Office:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lieutenant Governor\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Gavin Newsom:\u003c/strong> 49.9 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Ron Nehring:\u003c/strong> 23.3 percent\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Secretary of State\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Alex Padilla:\u003c/strong> 30.1 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Pete Peterson:\u003c/strong> 29.6 percent\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Treasurer\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>John Chiang:\u003c/strong> 55.1 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Greg Conlon:\u003c/strong> 38.4 percent\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Attorney General\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Kamala Harris:\u003c/strong> 53.1 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Ronald Gold:\u003c/strong> 12.7 percent\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Insurance Commissioner\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Dave Jones:\u003c/strong> 53.1 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Ted Gaines:\u003c/strong> 41.6 percent\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Superintendent of Public Instruction\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Tom Torlakson:\u003c/strong> 46.9 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Marshall Tuck:\u003c/strong> 28.6 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Lydia Gutierrez:\u003c/strong> 24.4 percent\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Wednesday 12:30 a.m.: \u003c/strong>With 74 percent of precincts reporting, Tom Torlakson and Marshall Tuck lead the race for superintendent of public instruction with 48 percent and 28 percent of the vote, respectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The race for state controller will likely come down to a dramatic finish, as four candidates are within 80,000 votes of each other. Currently, Republicans Ashley Swearengin (24.2 percent) and David Evans (22 percent) are edging out Democrats Betty Yee (21.6 percent) and John \u003cspan style=\"color: #222222\">Pérez\u003c/span> (21.2%). Yee has been chipping away at Evans' lead over the past several hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we mentioned in an earlier update, Democrat Alex Padilla and Republican Pete Peterson will advance to the November ballot. Surprisingly, Democrat Leland Yee, who is facing a federal indictment, received more than a quarter-million votes from around the state and is currently in third place. He even edged out Dan Schnur, who is in fourth place, drawing 9 percent of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Tuesday 11:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The race for superintendent of public instruction was a union-versus-reformers referendum, and the unions made a strong statement that their political power remains strong in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incumbent, Tom Torlakson, was backed by teacher unions and had nearly 49 percent of the votes. Marshall Tuck, a former charter school operator who wants changes to how teachers are evaluated and when they can be fired, trailed with 27 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The third candidate was Long Beach educator Lydia Gutierrez, a Republican who also ran four years ago. She attracted 24 percent of the votes with a campaign critical of recently enacted national learning benchmarks called Common Core State Standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Tuesday, 10:30 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Democrat Alex Padilla and Republican Pete Peterson are headed to the November general election in the race for secretary of state. That result comes after a closely watched primary season where observers thought the race might lean toward two candidates from a single party, or an independent candidate making it to the fall. Leland Yee, the embattled San Francisco legislator who dropped out of the race after a federal indictment was filed against him for an alleged attempt to illegally trade weapons for campaign cash, is currently in third place, commanding about 11 percent of the vote. Dan Schnur, the independent who once was a GOP political consultant, remains a distant fourth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With about 27 percent of precincts reporting in the state controller's race, two Republicans are in the top two places, a potential shutout of both well-known Democrats. Ashley Swearingen, the mayor of Fresno, has 24 percent of the votes tallied. David Evans, a GOP accountant who has neither raised nor spent any campaign funds, has 23 percent of votes. Democrats Betty Yee and John \u003cspan style=\"color: #222222\">Pérez\u003c/span> are close behind, with Yee within striking distance of Evans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post:\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nStatewide races, other than the race for governor, rarely get much attention during a primary election, but the new top-two primary rules have changed that in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Secretary of State\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps most prominent has been the race for secretary of state, California's chief elections officer — a race featuring eight candidates, a corruption scandal and the possibility that an independent candidate could make it onto the November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in all, the most prominent two candidates — Democrat Alex Padilla and Republican Pete Peterson — have largely been favored to emerge in the top two positions once the voters are counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"51a9b2fc6a2ba4904c21e6a414072cae\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla, a veteran state senator from Los Angeles, has led the race for campaign cash. Another Democrat, former California Common Cause official Derek Cressman, also has raised significant cash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Political money became an unexpected lightning rod in the race in March when candidate Leland Yee, a state senator from San Francisco, was charged by federal investigators with allegedly offering to aid in an illegal weapons deal in exchange for political donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee dropped out of the race, but too late for his name to be removed from the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most prominent Republican, Pepperdine University official Pete Peterson, has been endorsed by some statewide newspapers and has increasingly looked like a candidate who could solidify GOP votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most prominent candidate is also the one facing some of the longest odds: Dan Schnur, the former GOP political consultant who has recently taught at USC and is a well-known analyst on California politics. But as an independent candidate, Schnur has no natural political base from which to run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Controller\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The race for state controller, California chief's fiscal officer, also has proved to be one of the most closely watched contests -- pitting two popular Democrats against each other, both widely seen as vying for one of the top two spots alongside Republican Ashley Swearingen, the mayor of Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats John Pérez, the immediate past speaker of the state Assembly, has the backing of much of organized labor. His Democratic challenger, state Board of Equalization member Betty Yee, has backing from a number of grassroots activists across California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Superintendent of Public Instruction\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only nonpartisan statewide race has also been closely watched: the battle for superintendent of public instruction. Incumbent Tom Torlakson has found himself in an expensive and fierce battle against newcomer Marshall Tuck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torlakson is a former Democratic legislator and has the backing of the powerful California Teachers Association. Tuck is an education advocate who was tapped by former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and has the backing of groups that have advocated for major changes to education law and funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Post by KQED Senior Politics and Government Editor John Myers. KQED's Dan Brekke and Kelly O'Mara contributed to the post. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Currently, Republicans Ashley Swearengin (24.2 percent) and David Evans (22 percent) are edging out Democrats Betty Yee (21.6 percent) and John \u003cspan style=\"color: #222222\">Pérez\u003c/span> (21.2%). Yee has been chipping away at Evans' lead over the past several hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we mentioned in an earlier update, Democrat Alex Padilla and Republican Pete Peterson will advance to the November ballot. Surprisingly, Democrat Leland Yee, who is facing a federal indictment, received more than a quarter-million votes from around the state and is currently in third place. He even edged out Dan Schnur, who is in fourth place, drawing 9 percent of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Tuesday 11:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The race for superintendent of public instruction was a union-versus-reformers referendum, and the unions made a strong statement that their political power remains strong in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incumbent, Tom Torlakson, was backed by teacher unions and had nearly 49 percent of the votes. Marshall Tuck, a former charter school operator who wants changes to how teachers are evaluated and when they can be fired, trailed with 27 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The third candidate was Long Beach educator Lydia Gutierrez, a Republican who also ran four years ago. She attracted 24 percent of the votes with a campaign critical of recently enacted national learning benchmarks called Common Core State Standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Tuesday, 10:30 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Democrat Alex Padilla and Republican Pete Peterson are headed to the November general election in the race for secretary of state. That result comes after a closely watched primary season where observers thought the race might lean toward two candidates from a single party, or an independent candidate making it to the fall. Leland Yee, the embattled San Francisco legislator who dropped out of the race after a federal indictment was filed against him for an alleged attempt to illegally trade weapons for campaign cash, is currently in third place, commanding about 11 percent of the vote. Dan Schnur, the independent who once was a GOP political consultant, remains a distant fourth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With about 27 percent of precincts reporting in the state controller's race, two Republicans are in the top two places, a potential shutout of both well-known Democrats. Ashley Swearingen, the mayor of Fresno, has 24 percent of the votes tallied. David Evans, a GOP accountant who has neither raised nor spent any campaign funds, has 23 percent of votes. Democrats Betty Yee and John \u003cspan style=\"color: #222222\">Pérez\u003c/span> are close behind, with Yee within striking distance of Evans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post:\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nStatewide races, other than the race for governor, rarely get much attention during a primary election, but the new top-two primary rules have changed that in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Secretary of State\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps most prominent has been the race for secretary of state, California's chief elections officer — a race featuring eight candidates, a corruption scandal and the possibility that an independent candidate could make it onto the November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in all, the most prominent two candidates — Democrat Alex Padilla and Republican Pete Peterson — have largely been favored to emerge in the top two positions once the voters are counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla, a veteran state senator from Los Angeles, has led the race for campaign cash. Another Democrat, former California Common Cause official Derek Cressman, also has raised significant cash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Political money became an unexpected lightning rod in the race in March when candidate Leland Yee, a state senator from San Francisco, was charged by federal investigators with allegedly offering to aid in an illegal weapons deal in exchange for political donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee dropped out of the race, but too late for his name to be removed from the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most prominent Republican, Pepperdine University official Pete Peterson, has been endorsed by some statewide newspapers and has increasingly looked like a candidate who could solidify GOP votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most prominent candidate is also the one facing some of the longest odds: Dan Schnur, the former GOP political consultant who has recently taught at USC and is a well-known analyst on California politics. But as an independent candidate, Schnur has no natural political base from which to run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Controller\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The race for state controller, California chief's fiscal officer, also has proved to be one of the most closely watched contests -- pitting two popular Democrats against each other, both widely seen as vying for one of the top two spots alongside Republican Ashley Swearingen, the mayor of Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats John Pérez, the immediate past speaker of the state Assembly, has the backing of much of organized labor. His Democratic challenger, state Board of Equalization member Betty Yee, has backing from a number of grassroots activists across California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Superintendent of Public Instruction\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only nonpartisan statewide race has also been closely watched: the battle for superintendent of public instruction. Incumbent Tom Torlakson has found himself in an expensive and fierce battle against newcomer Marshall Tuck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torlakson is a former Democratic legislator and has the backing of the powerful California Teachers Association. Tuck is an education advocate who was tapped by former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and has the backing of groups that have advocated for major changes to education law and funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_137926\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-137926\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/ad16.jpg\" alt=\"Danville Mayor Newell Arnerich, Orinda City Councilman Steve Glazer, Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti and Catharine Baker vied for spots on the November ballot. (Courtesy photos)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danville Mayor Newell Arnerich, Orinda City Councilman Steve Glazer, Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti and Catharine Baker vied for spots on the November ballot for Assembly District 16. (Courtesy photos)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 8:20 a.m. Wednesday: \u003c/strong> We've got a dead heat in the 4th Assembly District, with Republican Charlie Schaupp, a retired Marine and Yolo County farmer, one vote ahead — that's right, one vote — of Napa City Councilman Bill Dodd, a Democrat. 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He polled 24.6 percent of the vote but appears to be unlikely to overtake either Dodd or Schaupp to make it into the November general election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cstrong>Update, 1:30 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Catharine Baker and Tim Sbranti will advance to the general election in the \u003ca href=\"http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/state-assembly/district/16/\" target=\"_blank\">16th Assembly District.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">In \u003ca href=\"http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/state-senate/district/10/\" target=\"_blank\">Senate District 10,\u003c/a> Democratic Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski and Republican businessman Peter Kuo will advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cstrong>Update, 10:15 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Republican Catharine Baker, the lone Republican vying for the 16th Assembly District, is leading the poll with 36 percent of votes. Tim Sbranti is in second place with 28 percent, and conservative Democrat Steve Glazer is in third at 24 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">We're keeping our eyes on the three most fiercely contested legislative races in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cb>Assembly District 16:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">One theme in this primary is centrist versus more left-leaning Democrats, and the poster child for that dichotomy is Assembly District 16. Orinda City Councilman Steve Glazer, a self-described Jerry Brown Democrat, announced last year during the second BART strike that he supported a bill that would strip BART unions of the right to strike. Business groups have heavily backed his campaign. Glazer’s chief opponent is Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti, a teacher and activist in the California Teachers Association. Labor unions are supporting Sbranti. Danville Mayor Newell Arnerich, claiming to be the one true independent candidate, is squeezed in the middle. The advantage may go to moderate Republican attorney Catharine Baker, who wants to make education her top priority, and could survive the primary to challenge one of the three Democrats in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Related: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/glazer-sbranti-baker-ab16-primary\" target=\"_blank\">As Democrats Split Vote, Rare Chance Emerges for East Bay Republican\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"9b324c3577fd02bb4328048f4e4d44a6\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cb>Assembly District 4:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Another race with a business/labor divide is \u003ca href=\"http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/state-assembly/district/4/\" target=\"_blank\">Assembly District 4\u003c/a>, the third-most-expensive legislative race in the state. Business groups are backing Bill Dodd, a moderate Napa city councilman, with labor and the Democratic Party getting behind Dan Wolk—a Davis City councilman and son of incumbent state Sen. Lois Wolk. The negative campaign ads on behalf of those two shouldn’t obscure the record of Davis Mayor and Democrat Joe Krovoza. There are also two Republicans in the race, including Charlie Schaupp, a retired Marine officer and Yolo County farmer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cstrong>Senate District 10:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Perhaps the nastiest campaign in the Bay Area is the fight for an open seat in Senate District 10. Two Democrats have grabbed the headlines here. Ex-Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi has dubbed Assemblyman Bob Wiekowski “Bob the Bully” for circulating an edited video of Hayashi in the act of shoplifting more than $2,000 in merchandise from a Neiman Marcus store. She remains on probation. 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