The party is preparing for what it sees as the worst-case scenario: Democrats get shut out of one or two California races. That would leave them to compete in at least five GOP-held districts where Clinton won in 2016. Two of those districts in the Central Valley have proved hard for Democratic House candidates to penetrate. If they are shut out of more than a couple of districts in the primary, Democrats will have to scramble to focus on opportunities elsewhere in the country to flip the 23 seats they need to retake the House.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 05, 2018 06:56 UTC