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  1. A look at the California June 5 Primary

    California June 5 primary will look a little different than in years’ past. Except for in the U.S. presidential and county central committee races, voters will choose among all candidates running for a partisan offices, regardless of party. The top two vote-getters will move on to the November general election. In the past, the winners from each qualified party made it to the general.

    Important Dates

    • Last day to register for primary: May 21
    • Primary: June 5
    • Last day to register for general election: Oct. 22
    • General election: Nov. 6
  1. Romney wins big in Florida, routing Gingrich

    Tuesday, Jan 31 2012 05:43 PM

    TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Mitt Romney routed Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary Tuesday night, rebounding from the previous week's defeat with a commanding victory and taking a major step toward the Republican presidential nomination. Despite the one-sided setback, Gingrich vowed to press on.

    "Thank you FL!" an exuberant Romney tweeted minutes after the race was called. "While we celebrate this victory, we must not forget what this election is really about: defeating Barack Obama."

    Returns from slightly more than half of Florida's precincts showed Romney with 47 percent of the vote, to 33 percent for Gingrich.

  2. GOP race reshuffled as Gingrich secures SC victory

    Saturday, Jan 21 2012 06:30 PM
  3. Ex-wife says Gingrich wanted 'open marriage'

    Thursday, Jan 19 2012 04:46 PM
  4. GOP debate begins at 5 p.m.

    Thursday, Jan 19 2012 02:20 PM
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Local Candidates

32nd Assembly District

Rudy Salas Jr.

Democrat

Pedro Rios

Republican

34th Assembly District

Virginia “Mari” Goodman

Democrat

Shannon Grove

Incumbent

Republican

21st Congressional District

John Hernandez

Democrat

David Valadao

Republican

23rd Congressional District

Kevin McCarthy

Incumbent

Republican

Terry Phillips

Democrat

1st District Kern County Supervisor

Roy Ashburn

Heidi Carter-Escudero

David Freeland

Mick Gleason

Deborah Hess

Marshall Chip Holloway

Carter Pope

Duares Stephens

Sam Ramirez

4th District Kern County Supervisor

David Couch

Harley Pinson

Michael Ruow

5th District Kern County Supervisor

Ronnie Cruz

Karen Goh

Incumbent

Humberto Gomez

Leticia Perez