Rare Good News Seen in California’s 2024 Primary Election Results

Results are still pouring in from California’s March 5th Primary Election, and millions of ballots remain to be counted — but the initial tallies indicate a Republican surge in competitive races.

Carl DeMaio, chairman of Reform California and a candidate for State Assembly — placing first in his primary race, says that his “Reform California Movement” had an amazing election night.

“We had some incredible wins for our Reform California movement and our fight against the Sacramento Swamp last night — this shows voters are hungry to shake-up our state’s broken political system and demand action to fix the problems that are causing so many to flee California,” said DeMaio.

DeMaio offered the following analysis on the key races Reform California is tracking:

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On election night, Reform California’s endorsed priority candidates for State Assembly and State Senate fared amazingly well. 

In DeMaio’s own race for CA State Assembly District 75, he holds a commanding first-place lead with 44% of the vote even after the Sacramento Swamp spent $1.4 million against his campaign in dishonest attacks.

“We are on track to elect a team of bold and aggressive fighters to the California State Legislature to shake things up!” said DeMaio. “My hope is our wins in these state races will encourage more Republican candidates and elected officials to be more aggressive in fighting the Sacramento Swamp!”

Republican fighters led Democrat candidates in 11 of Reform California’s 15 key races:

1. SD19 (Inland Empire) — Rosilicie Ochoa-Bogh
2. SD 23 (Los Angeles) — Suzette Martinez-Valladares
3. AD7 (Citrus Heights, Folsom, Rancho Cordova) — Josh Hoover
4. AD22 (Central Valley) — Juan Alanis
5. AD27 (Central Valley) — Joanna Garcia Rose
6. AD36 (Riverside) — Jeff Gonzalez 
7. AD40 (Santa Clarita, San Fernando Valley) — Patrick Lee Gipson
8. AD58 (Riverside) — Leticia Castillo
9. AD70 (Garden Grove, Fountain Valley) — Tri Ta
10. AD74 (South OC/Oceanside) — Laurie Davies
11. AD76 (San Marcos, Escondido, Rancho Bernardo) — Kristie Bruce-Lane

PROP 1 – Diverting Homeless Treatment Funds to Developers

Gov. Gavin Newsom spent over $25 million and had the liberal media on his side on his deceptive bond measure, while Reform California and its allies spent only $250k (a mere 1% of Newsom’s war chest). 

Statewide election results currently have this race “too close to call” — at 50/50% — which is a positive position to be in. 

“These results show we can win even against deceptive ballot titles on these bad measures,” says DeMaio.

OTHER KEY RACES

• US SENATE: Republicans succeeded in getting into the November runoff for U.S. Senate with former baseball star Steve Garvey. Voters will have a real choice in November between him and the Democrat, Rep. Adam Schiff. DeMaio says not to count Steve Garvey out and that Republicans should unite and help him win.
• TARGET HOUSE SEATS: Every one of Reform California’s endorsed Congressional candidates in target seats won their Primaries by comfortable margins.
• LA DISTRICT ATTORNEY: In Los Angeles, Reform California endorsed Nathan Hochman and he made the runoff election in November. “We believe we can now defeat criminal-coddling George Gascon in November and send a huge message demanding action on California’s crime wave,” said DeMaio.

Because of California’s crazy ballot counting process, millions of ballots are likely left to be counted statewide and final results won’t be known for 3-4 weeks in some close races. 

“We will monitor and update you as things change – but I’m very pleased with the results in key races where Reform California targeted our scarce resources,” concluded DeMaio.

Based on these results, there is a lot of movement in California away from the far-Left. DeMaio is asking for the public to help hasten that progress by contributing whatever you can to Reform California’s efforts in the General Election fight today.