CA Primary Night!!

[Coastal Elitist]

Was Cox's performance stronger than expected?

At the expense of Allen, sure. But the combined R vote was less than expected I think, given Republicans’ high ballot return rate

Where did you see that Republicans had a high ballot return rate? I didn't see that at all.

[Coastal Elitist]

Ultraconservative Steve Poizner is currently in first place in the Insurance Commissioner race. He changed to an independent to run for a second, non-consecutive term. I wonder if not having the party label may result in an R pickup.

Yeah he's moderate and the only one that's qualified for the position. He believes that the position should be non-partisan.

[Coastal Elitist]

Ultraconservative Steve Poizner is currently in first place in the Insurance Commissioner race. He changed to an independent to run for a second, non-consecutive term. I wonder if not having the party label may result in an R pickup.

He's not even close to ultraconservative lol. He's really moderate.

This is the Steve Poizner I knew of: https://youtube.com/watch?v=X8P8vW0PNgk

He apologized for that. He admitted that he was trying to win right wing votes for the primary. He's also received endorsements from the San Francisco Chronicle, East Bay Times, San Jose Mercury News

[Coastal Elitist]

Cox will not win. Are we being serious right now? It's in my name, I'm as pessimistic as they come, but come on, people!

No one is saying he will. We're talking about the insurance commissioner race.

[Coastal Elitist]

Um no. Orange County is not going to Newsom. Brown didn't even win it. I doubt Newsom outperforms Clinton. Also San Bernadino and Riverside both have been more willing to vote for a Republican for Governor in past years.

[Coastal Elitist]

Cox will not win. Are we being serious right now? It's in my name, I'm as pessimistic as they come, but come on, people!

No one is saying he will. We're talking about the insurance commissioner race.

I know, but I saw some paranoia about Cox earlier, maybe it was in another thread. I guess it can't hurt to remind people about the reality of that election. I guess if people are going to freak out about a Republican winning statewide, that should be the insurance commissioner race. I don't know much about it. I can't give much input one way or the other.

Even if Cox were to win there's nothing to freak out about. He would be a check on the Democratic state legislature, which would be a good thing. There's no reason to freak out about the insurance commissioner race either. Poizner isn't running as a Republican and he's clearly the best choice for the job. He's already been endorsed by the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Jose Mercury News. Lara his opponent is just looking for his next office and his website doesn't even focus on issues that that involve the insurance commissioner.