Amid months of concerns by California Democrats that their party’s gubernatorial candidates could get locked out of a chance to lead the nation’s dominant blue state, some leaders want to change a Golden State election rule that is making such an unlikely scenario possible.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), a major Democratic antagonist of President Donald Trump, wants to abolish California’s “top-two,” or “jungle,” primary. Garcia, the top House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Democrat, is linking up with Republicans to scrap it in a rare bipartisan push, even though for starkly different reasons.
“In 2028, Californians should get rid of the jungle primary,” Garcia said in an April 17 X post. “It has not worked out as intended, and it’s time to get back to real primaries.”
In the top-two election system, the best-performing primary vote-getters advance to the general election, regardless of party. For California Democrats, it’s caused heartburn this spring
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