by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by Robert in Monterey [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

CA-02: Dennis Morris and AJ Sekhon are within a couple hundred votes.  Close one.

CA-24: It's truly amazing to me that Jorgensen's lead is holding.  She has 47% of the vote and is very likely to win.  That's quite an upset to me.

CA-26: The AP has called this for Russ Warner.  On to November.

CA-40: Christina Avalos leads 55-45 with 69% of the vote in.

CA-41: With 47% of the vote in, Tim Prince has 34%, Rita Ramirez-Dean has 27%, and Pat Meagher has 26%.

CA-42: This one hurts.  The AP called the race for Ed Chau.  Here's what I have to say for the Ron Shepston campaign.  He didn't knock on a single door.  He relied on phone calls and showing up at club events and that's simply not enough.  The turnout was simply abysmal here and Chau's experience as a candidate showed himself through to win enough votes.  I'm still proud of Ron Shepston for literally coming off the blogs and into a Congressional campaign.  Bravo.

CA-43: Finally called for Joe Baca.  He had to sweat a little.

CA-45: The AP called this for Julie Bornstein.

CA-50: Cheryl Ede is running a lot stronger than I expected.  Nick Leibham is up 56-44 with 44% of the vote in.

CA-52: Mike Lumpkin's up 58-42 with 33% in.  I think he'll win it... UPDATE: The race has been called for Mike Lumpkin.

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

SD-09: Finally, some returns are coming in.  I'm seeing Loni Hancock up 56-44 with 31% in.

SD-15: Haven't heard any updates on Dennis Morris.  It's going to take a while to figure this one out.

[UPDATE by Robert] not including Monterey and Santa Clara counties, which have not yet reported their write-in votes, 2,645 write-in votes have been recored in SD-15. Not clear yet how many are for Morris and how many are for Maldonado, and we likely won't know for a few days. But it's quite doable.

SD-19: With 63%, Hannah-Beth Jackson now has 1,300 more votes in her race than Tony Strickland does in his.  I can't wait to win this one in November.

SD-23: 19% in now.  Fran Pavley leads 63-37.  Since this kind of result was likely anyway, why did she have to go negative?

SD-25: This is unnerving.  Rod Wright has now taken a 336-vote lead over Mervyn Dymally with 40% of the vote in.  Wright is too moderate for this seat.  Not over yet, obviously.

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by Robert in Monterey [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Robert Cruickshank

Earlier this week we brought you the news that Democrat Dennis Morris is running a write-in campaign to get on the November ballot in SD-15, as no other Democrat had stepped up to challenge Republican Abel Maldonado.

Today we learn that the rumors were true - in order to prevent voters from having a choice in November, and so that he doesn't have to defend his right-wing voting record, Abel Maldonado has filed as a write-in candidate in the Democratic primary in an attempt to keep Dennis Morris off the November ballot. If Maldonado gets more write-in votes than Morris, Abel Maldonado will be both the Republican AND the Democratic nominee in November - even though Maldonado is a self-identified Republican, even though local Democrats have endorsed Morris.