Tom Steyer Appears to Have Proven Conclusively That He’s a Loser
The recent jungle primaries in California have shown promising results for Republican candidates, particularly in the Los Angeles mayoral race. Karen Bass leads but faces competition from Spencer Pratt, who has gained momentum heading into the runoff. Tom Steyer's failure to make the runoff after significant spending highlights the challenges faced by candidates in the current political landscape.
- ▪Republicans have made notable gains in the California jungle primaries for governor and mayor of Los Angeles.
- ▪Karen Bass is currently leading the LA mayoral race, but Spencer Pratt is in contention with a strong performance.
- ▪Tom Steyer's campaign has been criticized for its lack of effectiveness, as he failed to make the runoff despite spending over $220 million.
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For Republicans, the early round of election returns coming off Tuesday’s voting in jungle primaries for governor and mayor of Los Angeles are promising.In the sense that actually getting Republicans into the runoffs in those races is an accomplishment. After all, California obviously went to a jungle primary format in hopes of submerging Republican candidates and offering voters runoff choices between Brand X and Brand X(1). But so far it doesn’t look like that’s working.Yes, Karen Bass is comfortably in first place in the LA mayoral race, but Spencer Pratt has so far put up good numbers and is very much in contention, with momentum heading into the runoff.Bass, at 34 percent as of this writing (I’m resting on a very shaky assumption that the final vote totals will look something like…
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