(Want to get California Today by email? A good deal of thought went into the top-two nonpartisan primary system that was approved by California voters in 2010. The idea was that an open primary in June with the top two finishers — regardless of party — facing off in November would take the partisanship out of elections. But if history has shown anything, it’s that it is difficult to predict how so-called electoral reforms might play out. His opponent is Ammar Campa-Najjar, 28, who worked in Barack Obama’s White House and is making his first bid for major office.

Source: New York Times August 22, 2018 13:05 UTC