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So do many people in California. And that's only relevant in a general election. Why hasn't she gotten a reasonable challenger in the primaries?
by _asummers 11y ago
So do many people in California. And that's only relevant in a general election. Why hasn't she gotten a reasonable challenger in the primaries?
- scurvy 11y agoTenure and pork. Same reason Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond kept getting reelected when most of the population didn't like them. To paraphrase: she's a jerk, but she's our jerk.
- justinlardinois 11y agoIt actually doesn't matter at all, as we've done away with partisan primaries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonpartisan_blanket_primary#California_open_primary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonpartisan_blanket_primary#Ca...