CA-40: Democrats face lockout risk after collapse
Democrats couldn't get their act together in California's 40th, and now they're looking at a potential lockout where both finalists are Republicans. Two GOP incumbents (Calvert and Young Kim) are dominating the primary, while the Democratic vote is split four ways and bleeding. Even if one Dem pulls through the primary, they'd be walking into a district that VoteHub already rates Likely R. This is what happens when you field too many candidates and don't have the machinery to clear the field. The race is still tight enough that the final vote could change everything, but the structural damage is done.
California U.S. House District 40 Nonpartisan Primary 46% Reporting per AP: 🔴 Ken Calvert (Inc.) – 35,573 (35.5%) 🔴 Young Kim (Inc.) – 20,438 (20.4%) 🔵 Esther Kim Varet – 16,410 (16.4%) 🔵 Lisa Ramirez – 13,967 (13.9%) 🔵 Joe Kerr – 8,330 (8.3%)
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