Robertson, executive director of the North Valley Labor Federation, is the former. The choice should be familiar to voters in Democratic strongholds: A labor favorite against a relative moderate. So a district where most voters would prefer to elect a Republican is certain to elect a Democrat. Thanks to California’s all-party primary system, two long-shot Democrats snuck into first and second place. The GOP candidates split the right-of-center vote - which added up to nearly 60% of all ballots cast - into six bit-sized slivers. Evidently, the primary got a little too crowded. Andreas Borgeas, who represents most of the area, decided not to run, leaving open the door for Republican hopefuls.
Primary results: Tim Robertson 22.1%, Marie Alvarado-Gil 18.7%įair to say, this is not the general election showdown that voters here were expecting.Īfter being drawn outside this new solidly Republican district, state Sen. Voter registration: 38.0% Republican, 34.7% Democratic, 19.1% no party preference The scoop This sprawling district takes in much of the Sierra, running from Owen’s Lake to Lake Tahoe before jutting west across the Central Valley to rope in Modesto and the rest of Stanislaus County.
