It's Richardson (Almost)
CA Assemb. Laura Richardson (D) topped state Sen. Jenny Oropeza (D) and the rest of the field in yesterday’s CA-37 primary, but since she didn’t garner 50% of the vote, she’ll face a nominal 8/21 runoff before heading to Congress. The results, with 100% of the precincts reporting:
Richardson (D): 38%
Oropeza (D): 31%
McDonald (D): 9%
Kanaley (R): 8%
Mathews (D): 4%
Ramirez (R): 2%
Brezenoff (G): 1%
Leavitt (R): 1%
Guillory (R): 1%
Wilson (D): 1%
Peters (L): 1%
Parmer (D): .8%
Davis (D): .6%
Price (D): .4%
Grisolia (D): .4%
Ford (D): .4%
Evans (D): .1%
Because of California’s special election runoff rules, Richardson will face the top vote getters from each party -- police officer John Kanaley (R), Green party nominee Daniel Abraham Brezenoff and Libertarian Herb Peters -- in the 8/21 election. But in a CD that has a 58% Dem versus 20% GOP registration, this will be a cakewalk for Richardson.
Several weeks before the election, both frontrunners campaign’s released polls showing their candidate with the lead, but the Richardson campaign disagreed with Oropeza’s poll, saying it was a month old and questioned some of the methodology. Many analysts discussed the racial divide in the CD as well, and questioned whether an African American could keep the seat in a district that has gained a Hispanic plurality recently -- the composition of the district is 43% Hispanic and 25% African American. But in an election that saw only an 11% turnout, the African-American Richardson was obviously better organized and was able to defeat Oropeza [TIM SAHD].
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