— The Stockton Record points out that the more extreme members of both parties did well Tuesday, partly because of the newly Gerrymandered disctricts. California’s leading man-hater was ecstatic with the results:
Kuehl said she is “very happy” with Tuesday’s results on the Democratic side and fully expects less opposition from the Assembly when “progressive Democratic agenda” bills come out of the Senate.
But Kuehl doesn’t like to call it left-wingers against moderates. She says, rather, that she’s backing traditional Democrats against pro-business candidates who have moved far right of the Democratic agenda of taking care of poor people and protecting workers.
If Kuehl’s happy, I’m not.
A Democratic sweep of statewide offices is a possiblity now that the extreme candidates are in the mix:
Democratic incumbents are running for governor, attorney general, treasurer and lieutenant governor.
Other races, for controller, secretary of state, insurance commissioner and superintendent of public instruction, feature well-financed Democratic contenders.
And that’s from the Orange County Register, no liberal organ.