Messy Primaries in California

“Californians wrapped voting in their state’s primary elections Tuesday, but results for the messy gubernatorial and the Los Angeles mayor’s race could take a while to be finalized,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“A drawn-out count would be a fitting end to two unpredictable primaries that have featured scandals and unconventional candidates.”

New York Times: “California has been using the top-two primary system for 15 years, but it has never caused as much consternation as it did this election.”

“Democratic fears that two Republicans could sweep the governor’s race — in one of the nation’s bluest states — triggered a new effort to repeal the system this spring.”

CNN: “Many of the results from California will take a while to learn, given the state’s late poll-closing time and slow vote-counting.”