Any candidate jumping in to, what is destined to be, a crowded 2020 Democratic primary will confront a stark political reality: the biggest, most expensive state in the country now actually, truly matters. California is not a customary playground for presidential aspirants.Source: Why California, Not Iowa, Could Pick the Next Democratic Presidential Nominee...
Backing an effort for California to claim a bigger share of the attention from presidential candidates, Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill moving the state's primary elections to early March.Source: California moves its presidential primary to March in push for electoral relevance...
On the final day the California legislature was in session for 2017, both chambers did what state legislatures often do at the close of a year: in short, legislate. The volume and pace of activity tends to markedly tick up as some bills make it through while others fall by the wayside.Source: California Primary Bill Passes Legislature. What It Means...
We Californians must reclaim our position of leadership in the nomination of the president of the United States.Source: Here’s how California can be more than an ATM for presidential candidates...
LOS ANGELES — California is pushing forward with a plan to change the state’s primary date from June to March, a move that could scramble the 2020 presidential nominating contest and swing the early weight of the campaign to the West.Source: How California could jolt the 2020 presidential race...
WASHINGTON — Aides to Senator Kamala Harris of California say that her fund-raisers in Martha’s Vineyard and the Hamptons this summer have been all about helping Democrats in 2018. Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.Source: Long List of Top Democrats Have 2020, and Money, on Their Minds...
Jonah Goldberg, in the Los Angeles Times, says in this column that a presidential candidate running outside the two major parties might win in 2020.Source: Jonah Goldberg Says 2020 Presidential Election Might See Non-Major Party Presidential Candidate with Potential to Win...
