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Could Democrats be shut out of the California governor’s race?
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- California is a Democratic stronghold, but thanks to the state's jungle primary, Republicans are frontrunners to advance to the general election.
- xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo San Francisco, California – A free-for-all primary has put Democrats at risk of being shut out of the race for governor in an otherwise safe state: California.
- Stretching along the west coast of the United States, California has a reputation for leaning blue.
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California is a Democratic stronghold, but thanks to the state's jungle primary, Republicans are frontrunners to advance to the general election.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo San Francisco, California – A free-for-all primary has put Democrats at risk of being shut out of the race for governor in an otherwise safe state: California.
Stretching along the west coast of the United States, California has a reputation for leaning blue. Democrats outnumber Republicans in the state nearly two to one. Not since 2011 has a Republican held the governor's mansion, or any statewide office at all.
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