Top-of-the-ticket Democrats rarely fare well in California’s Central Valley. Harris struggled to do so in the past, losing the vast majority of Central Valley counties in her 2010 and 2014 campaigns for attorney general. “People in the valley have a distasteful view of politicians from the Bay Area,” said Doug Kessler, one of the California Democratic Party’s regional directors in the Central Valley. They support California’s high-speed rail project, which will cut through the heart of the Central Valley and provide jobs. Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Orange) laughs with Bob Jones of the Fresno County Democratic Committee at the Veterans Day Parade in Fresno in 2015.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 06, 2016 17:02 UTC