First, I want to note that it appears that abusive right wing thug Keith Fagundez jailing women for miscarriages who I wrote about last night, has lost the primary.
The fact that he is under investigation for directing his office's money to his relatives may have had something to do with this.
Unfortunately, in San Francisco, the bad guys won, and reformer attorney Chesa Boudin was recalled.
The bad cops and the right wing money won.
In the Los Angeles mayor's race, the rich developer spent a lot of his own money, but did not manage to avoid a runoff, so he will face establishment Democrat Karen Bass in November, where higher turnout is likely to mitigate his cash advantage.
Additionally, incumbent (and ruthlessly corrupt) LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva was forced into a runoff as well.
California has a non-partisan "Jungle Primary", where the top two finishers face each other if neither gets an outright majority in the first round.
In South Dakota, a constitutional amendment put on the ballot to forestall a referendum to expand Medicare in the state resoundingly failed.
In Iowa, Michael Franken (not related to Al) beat the relentlessly non-ideological (i.e. corporate stooge) Abby Finkenauer in the Senate primary, and will face Republican crypt-keeper Charles Grassley in the general election.
It was not particularly close, which is a surprise given the support that Finkenaur got from the Democratic Party establishment (There is no Democratic Party establishment) and Emily's List.
I'm bumming about Boudin, but otherwise, it appears to be a good night.
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