Gavin newsom,john cox advance to general election in California governor’s race

Gavin newsom,john cox advance to general election in California governor’s race

Liberal democrat gavin newsom and trump-backed republican john h.cox will face off in the November general election to decide california’s next governor. Under california’s unusual jungle primary system the top two vote getters regardless of party advance to the general election. In all 27 candidates vied to succeed democratic gov.jerry brown, who was ineligible to run again because of term limits.

Based on 99 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday’s statewide primary results, newsom had 33 percentage of the vote and first place while cox was second with 26 percent. They were separated by about 285000 votes. Newsom, the state lieutenant governor and an-mayor of san Francisco, had been gaining in most recent public opinion polling folling president donalt trump 3 weeks age. Tweeting his endorsement of the conservation diego businessman.

Cox started his remarks to the crowd by nothing that Americans voted a businessman into the white house and it was now time to put a businessman into the governor’s mansion in sacramento.registration of republicans in California has fallen from 36 percent in 1997 about 25 percent as of January. According to figures from the state. Democratic registration as of January 2017 was nearly 45 percent of the state’s total registered voters while no party preference was 25 percent. Regardless, republicans are hoping a backlash against california’s so-called sanctuary state laws that project undocumented immigrants as well as a push to repeal state gas taxes could boost cox’s chances in the November runoff.

Thanks for reading………