'This is basically a home run for Democrats'
The party’s performance in California’s competitive congressional districts bolstered the chances of a House takeover in November.
By DAVID SIDERS and ELENA SCHNEIDER 06/06/2018 12:00 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES — Democrats claimed new life in their bid to retake the House Tuesday, with a path back to the majority that once again runs squarely through the Golden State.
Bolstered by an increasing number of young and Latino voters and by President Donald Trump’s deep unpopularity in California, Democrats this year poured millions of dollars into flipping several suburban, Southern California House districts. For months, though, the party feared a nightmare scenario in which no Democrat would appear on the November ballot in several critical House races — victimized by the state’s top-two primary system in which the top two vote-getters advance to the general election regardless of party affiliation. But as results from the primary election on Tuesday rolled in, Democrats breathed a loud sigh of relief.
In all seven Republican-held House districts that went for Hillary Clinton in 2016 — and that Democrats are targeting this year — a Democrat was running second as of early Wednesday, likely securing a spot on the November ballot.
“It looks like the asteroid missed,” said Rob Pyers of the California Target Book, which handicaps races in the state. “While the late and provisional ballots have shown the capacity for surprise in the past, it rarely goes in the GOP's favor.”
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