Harris Seemingly Has Clear Path to U.S. Senate Seat

Kamala Harris (D) “continues her cake-walking campaign to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, facing the slightest opposition in what promised, at first, to be an epic fight,” the Los Angeles Times reports.

“While the lack of strong competition is surprising, the reasons are no mystery… Part of the explanation speaks to individual motives; each of the potential top-shelf Democratic contenders had reasons for skipping the Senate contest. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa would both rather be governor, a job that comes open after 2018, when the term-limited Jerry Brown steps aside.”