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After 10 years, the top-two California primary system is under fire again, but the problems may have more to do with political gamesmanship. A strategy in a state Senate district appears to have backfired.

The candidates’ positions on issues usually have little to do with the results because voters aren’t even aware of them, and that’s especially true in a primary election, columnist George Skelton writes.

After 10 years, the top-two California primary system is under fire again, but the problems may have more to do with political gamesmanship. A strategy in a state Senate district appears to have backfired. Story from @CalMatters.

After 10 years, the top-two California primary system is under fire again, but the problems may have more to do with political gamesmanship. A strategy in a state Senate district appears to have backfired.

If you need an example of just how befuddling California’s top-two primary system can be, consider the case of the $50,000 mailer sent to voters...

No, San Franciscans have not willfully fashioned their city a civil libertarian paradise for the troubled.

About 16% of mail-in ballots sent to registered voters have been cast in California’s primary — but thousands of ballots are still being processed by local election officials as of Thursday.

About 16% of mail-in ballots sent to registered voters have been cast in California’s primary — but thousands of ballots are still being processed by local election officials as of Thursday.

The Tuesday election may not have been scintillating, but the results foreshadow emerging dynamics for November

Historically Low Turnout Results in Status Quo Outcome - California’s June top-two primary is when California voters choose their two favorites for state offices. Unlike...