WEBVTT - Election Night In California Hour 1 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:02.920 And a very happy election night to you at seven 0:00:02.920 --> 0:00:06.400 oh five in the West, I am John Phillips here 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:10.000 with you until nine o'clock in the evening, bringing you 0:00:10.600 --> 0:00:13.400 all the results as soon as the polls close at 0:00:13.440 --> 0:00:16.280 eight o'clock in the evening, which means you have about 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:18.599 fifty five minutes left to vote if you have not 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:21.880 cast a ballot yet and you would like to drop 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:25.239 off your ballot at a polling location or vote in 0:00:25.280 --> 0:00:29.560 person at voting center that are still open all over 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:33.320 the state of California again until eight o'clock at night, 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:36.640 and then who knows how long it'll be after the 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:38.680 polls close at eight before we start to get some 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:41.920 results in. We'd like to be with you until we 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:43.880 know who's going to win and who's going to lose, 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:47.080 but with Shirley Weber and a rabicus, that may take 0:00:47.120 --> 0:00:50.120 a while. We're keeping an eye on all of the 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:53.720 results that are going to be coming in the statewide elections, 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:56.360 from governor all the way down to state Superintendent of 0:00:56.400 --> 0:01:00.480 Public Instruction mister Frank Motech, who you can listen to 0:01:01.200 --> 0:01:04.400 weekdays from four to five in the afternoon on talk 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:07.360 radio seven ninety k ABC in Los Angeles. Is your 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:09.840 Voice of business is keeping an eye on all of 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:10.640 those races. 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:12.880 John Phillips, an honor to be with you and Randy 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:16.319 Wang here tonight for our special election night coverage. I'm 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:19.759 keeping an eye on the right now the betting markets, 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:24.000 Polly Market, and also the calshiy markets who will advance 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:27.240 from the California governor primary tonight. Well looks like the 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:30.640 money at the moment is on Javier Bisera or Javier 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:34.360 Bakaria as I know you call him on your Great show, 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:37.920 which shows what President Biden called him, right, Steve Hilton 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:41.320 at seventy four percent, Tom Steyer now at forty percent. 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:44.160 We're keeping an eye on that. That's according to Polly Market, 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:47.920 and it looks like the Calshi markets also out with 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:53.280 their betting tonight. California governor primary advancers put Besera at 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:56.680 nearly ninety four percent now, Steve Hilton's seventy three percent 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.040 and Tom Steyer at forty three percent. It's going to 0:01:59.040 --> 0:01:59.640 be a fun night. 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:01.480 And you're also going to be keeping an eye on 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:05.680 the Lieutenant governor's race, the state controllers race, the Insurance commissioner, 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:09.359 and all the other constitutional offices. Yes, sir, all right. 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:12.679 Mister Randy Wegg, who you can listen to each weekday 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:15.280 from noon to three with me on KABC in La 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:19.280 and KSFO in San Francisco and on the weekends on 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:23.160 KMJ in Fresno, is keeping an eye on the LA 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:26.800 Mayor's race and all of the ballot initiatives that are 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:28.239 also going to be decided today. 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:31.160 Isn't it strange that this is the first election where 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:34.520 we're initially going off with the gambling. This has turned 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:36.119 into a live sports show. 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:36.919 Real fun. 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:40.640 The most the most watched race in America right now 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:44.040 is the LA Mayors race and the polls are going 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:45.720 to close at eight o'clock. There's going to be an 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:48.240 update from the La County Registrar at eight thirty of 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:51.480 all the ballots that were mailed in before yesterday, and 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:54.520 then another update at eight forty five of all the 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:58.200 voting that was done in person before yesterday. And if 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:00.800 they're on time, we'll actually have result for that race. 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.120 And if they're not on time, I can give you 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:06.160 the gambling markets that say Karen Bass is a ninety 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:09.760 one percent chance to advance to the November runoff. Spencer 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:12.600 Pratt has a seventy seven percent chance to advance the 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:16.280 November runoff, and Nithia Rahman has a twenty nine percent 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:19.079 chance to advance the Number runoff. We'll also be looking 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:22.240 at the ballot measures, including the sales tax increase in 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:26.560 La County, Measure ER and Measure CB in the City 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:29.519 of Los Angeles, which would allow the City of La 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:34.920 if passed, to send tax bills to illegally operating pot stores. 0:03:35.440 --> 0:03:37.880 How that works, nobody knows. 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:40.480 All this gambling talk makes me want to order a 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:43.960 scotch and sit down and play some bokarad You're lucky. 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:45.960 You don't know how to use these websites yet, because 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:47.560 this is going to be a problem for you. 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:49.960 Oh, I'd be living under the freeway along with everyone 0:03:49.960 --> 0:03:53.760 else in California under Gavin Newsom. We're also joined by 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:56.920 our pal Phil Teresi, who you can listen to weekdays 0:03:56.920 --> 0:03:59.880 from two to six in the afternoon on Kate M 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:01.280 Jay in Fresno. 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:05.320 He is keeping an eye on all of the hot. 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:08.400 Congressional races going on here in the Golden State. 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:12.520 Phil, gentlemen, thank you for including me. I'm very excited 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.840 to see exactly how much damage Prop fifty does to 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:18.000 our elections process in this primary. 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:22.440 Well, we used to have so many contested congressional seats here. 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:24.920 At one point in time, it was predicted by Nancy 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:28.800 Pelosi of all people, that the road to the majority 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:32.200 in Washington would go through California. But now we only 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:34.840 have a handful of seats that are being contested by 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:35.560 both parties. 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:39.760 And that's exactly it. When they did the redistricting, they 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:42.280 obviously went out of their way to target folks they 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:45.240 thought were going to be easy. Notice Tom McClintock remains 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:49.400 unmolested by Prop fifty, but they're going hard after David Valadeo, 0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:52.560 Kevin Kylie having to jump off to a completely different district, 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:57.280 and it's unfortunately. I think Aunt Nancy might have been 0:04:57.360 --> 0:04:58.960 up to something once you made that prediction. 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:03.640 Now, speaking of Nancy, there's also a congressional district in 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:07.359 San Francisco where there is a hotly contested race, the 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:11.760 race to determine who will replace Nancy Pelosi as the 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:16.000 congress person from San Francisco, and she endorsed in that 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:19.400 race against Scott Wiener, who is the state senator and 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:20.680 believed to be the front runner. 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:22.880 She's anti Weiener, and pro Connie Chan. 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:30.560 While I can't say that I'm enthusiastic about either one, 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:33.120 I'm privately hoping that Wiener wins, just so we have 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:34.719 an excuse to keep dropping that name. 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:40.880 Well, we are radio people, so that's what's going on 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:43.160 right now. We're keeping an eye on all of that 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:46.440 for you. The Pauls again are now open for another 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:48.520 forty nine minutes. So if you want to vote, you 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:50.960 want to cast your ballot on any of the races 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:53.679 that we mentioned or some that we did not mention, 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:56.200 you have less than an hour to do so, so 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:59.520 make sure you get your ballot turned in if you 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:02.800 want to have your voice heard in this election. All right. 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:05.240 Joining us right now to talk about all of this 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:09.000 is a woman whose voice is very familiar on the 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:13.280 airwaves of KSFO in San Francisco KABC in LA. She's 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:16.120 the host of the Howard Jarvis radio program. She's also 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:18.960 a columnist in the Southern California News Group. 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:20.120 Susan Shelley. 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:23.240 Welcome, Thank you, John. Great to be with you. 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:28.599 So let's start out with the governor's race. Essentially, it 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:33.839 looks like Javier Besserra is the likely first place finisher 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:36.479 and there's a toss up going on right now for 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:40.600 the second slot involving Steve Hilton and Tom Steyer. We've 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:44.840 seen some reports from CNN and other shops saying that 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:49.520 Styer is doing better than expected in Los Angeles County. 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:55.120 Your thoughts, well, if it's Styer and Hilton in the 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:57.719 governor's race, it's going to be a titanic battle over 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:02.359 Proposition thirteen because Ve Hilton has vowed to protect Prop thirteen, 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:05.000 he's endorsed by Howard Jarvis, and. 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:08.680 Steyer has vowed to destroy Prop thirteen. So if you 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:11.520 care about your property taxes in California, that's going to 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:13.120 be quite a race to watch. 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:14.160 If that's what happens. 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:19.320 And if the race is Besarah versus Hilton, Besarah would 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:22.680 certainly have a huge advantage in that contest. 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:26.160 Well, he would have a huge advantage in that the 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:30.600 political machine and all of the major political donors, all 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:35.440 the associations and unions in California will back him. However, 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:39.000 he's got some legal problems and there's no getting around 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:43.080 the fact that three people tied to tied to watching 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:47.000 his campaign account his dormant campaign account, and you know 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:49.480 that's another whole story that we can educate people about 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:53.800 someday why he has a dormant campaign account. They've been 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:58.000 they've pleaded guilty to conspiracy wirefraud. This is not a 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:00.440 good situation for him, and that could certainly we blow 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:01.800 up between now and November. 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:06.040 We do not know how any of the ballots that 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:10.080 have been cast, how the voters voted on those ballots, 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.760 but we do know who has turned them in so far, 0:08:13.400 --> 0:08:17.720 and we know that Republican voters have turned their ballots 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:21.440 in at a higher clip than they did four years ago, 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:26.200 and Democrats are underperforming where they were four years ago. 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:27.120 What do you make of that? 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:30.160 I think a lot of it is that people were 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:32.400 waiting to see who they were going to vote for 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:36.600 because it was such an unusual governor's race. Eric Swalwell 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:39.240 dropping out and he was the front runner, and all 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:41.679 of these others being urged to drop out, and then 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:43.520 one of the people who was being urged to drop 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:46.280 out was the Sarah who's now in the league position. 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:49.760 So I don't know if the chair of the California 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:53.520 Democratic Party survived that effort to try to drive out 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:57.400 people from the race. Everybody else stayed in. Eric Walwell 0:08:57.480 --> 0:08:59.640 is still on the ballot. Who knows how that will 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:01.680 play in do it as people vote for a familiar name. 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:06.240 It's just really hard to predict this, and I think 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:08.800 a lot of Democrats were confused and waiting, and no 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:11.440 one was really pushing them very hard with balla harvesting 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:14.000 and the other types of tactics that they used to 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:14.800 get that vote out. 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:18.600 Early on the Republican side of the aisle, we saw 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:24.200 consolidation occur, primarily when President Trump came out and endorse 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:27.400 Steve Hilton. That's when we saw Hilton start to pop 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:30.200 in the polls, and that's when we started to see 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:35.040 Bianco falling off. We've also seen in recent days consolidation 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:39.240 going on on the Democratic side, where after Eric Swallwell 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:42.400 dropped out of the race, we saw Javier Bessera on 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:45.920 the rise, and we saw Tom Steyer move into that 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:49.920 second place slot. We also saw Katie Porter, who had 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:53.520 been pulling in the double digits, slip down to the 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:57.360 single digits, and Antonio via Rigosa, who pulled just below 0:09:57.480 --> 0:10:00.600 ten percent at one point in the race, is now 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:03.439 near an asterisk. What do you make that. 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:07.520 I have to say that when you look at the 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:11.160 actual ballot, not the polling questions, but the ballot that 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:14.200 the voters have to confront with sixty one names on it. 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:16.920 Searching for the one that you want to vote for 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:19.400 is a ten minute project by itself. So I'm not 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:23.400 sure that these polls are completely accurate. It could be 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:25.360 that some of the candidates that we think aren't going 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:27.760 to do well will do better, or it could be 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:30.760 that everybody drops to zero except the Sarah because all 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:33.120 the Democrats got on board at the last minute. I 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:36.520 have found this particular election to be just incredibly difficult 0:10:36.559 --> 0:10:37.080 to predict. 0:10:38.040 --> 0:10:41.920 The betting markets have Karen Bass, the incumbent mayor of 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:45.800 Los Angeles, seeking another four year term, and Spencer Pratt, 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:48.400 of The Hills reality show star who's home burned down 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:52.400 on the Pacific Palisades. They have those two candidates making 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:54.600 it to the November ballot. Is that what you expect 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:55.200 to see? 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:56.680 Yes? I do. 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:59.079 A lot of people said that Spencer Pratt had a 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:02.320 social media campaign, but when when you looked at the 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:05.840 fundraising in the last reported period, which was mid April 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:09.680 to mid May, he raised almost three million dollars to 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:13.280 Karen Bass's about two hundred and eighty thousand dollars. 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:14.280 That's real. 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:17.880 When people are donating at that level, even when they're 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:21.600 afraid of the government retaliating against those businesses, which they 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:24.360 are in Los Angeles, When they're donating at that level, 0:11:24.400 --> 0:11:27.240 something real is going on. And I think he's been 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:29.839 out in the community. He's been working very hard on 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:35.120 retail politics, not a social media campaign, a lot of interviews, 0:11:36.080 --> 0:11:38.640 You've done interviews with him. I think he's worked very 0:11:38.640 --> 0:11:40.680 hard at this and I think he could win. 0:11:41.679 --> 0:11:42.319 The thing that. 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:45.000 Is so odd to me about that race is typically, 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:48.480 when you see an incumbent running for reelection, the focus 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:51.280 is on the incumbent, the focus is on their performance. 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:54.160 We know the iconic line, are you better off now 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:56.760 than you were four years ago? But in this race, 0:11:56.880 --> 0:11:59.840 it seems like they've taken the heat off of Karen 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:03.559 and the focus is entirely on Spencer Pratt. I had 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:06.760 John Thomas, the political consultant, on earlier today and I 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:10.120 asked him, do you think that's because of political bias 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:11.800 or do you think that's just because he's a more 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:14.720 interesting person? And people are going to read a story 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:17.959 about Spencer Pratt, but maybe not read one about Karen Bass. 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:22.200 Well, you know, to me, he's been telling the truth, 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:24.640 and we've been missing the truth in Los Angeles for 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:27.240 quite a while. When you hear people in the government 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:29.840 say everything's fine, except we just need one more tax 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:34.320 increase for more of these same homeless contracts, and they say, oh, 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:37.360 these are our unhoused neighbors. Nobody's a drug addict, They're 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:40.080 just it's the price of housing in Los Angeles. And 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:42.360 people have a right to live in a free apartment 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:46.400 at the beach because that's their home. Everybody in Los 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:49.679 Angeles knows something's really wrong, and when no one in 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:52.520 the government is saying it, and then you get someone 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:54.679 like Spencer Pratt who puts his name on a ballot 0:12:55.080 --> 0:12:58.120 and calls it the way people are seeing it, it's 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:01.840 tremendously powerful. And that's what I think is driving the 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:04.760 success of his campaign. He is telling the truth about 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:11.080 so many problems, corruption, drug addictions, incompetence, city city offices. 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:16.200 This business of not rebuilding the Palisades is so it's 0:13:16.200 --> 0:13:20.040 so emblematic of what everyone has experienced in Los Angeles. 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:22.600 Ask anyone who's ever tried to build a gazebo in 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:25.719 the back yard what it's like to deal with Los Angeles, 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:27.800 and I think he's resonating for that reason. 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:33.360 Susan Shelley, host of the Howard Jarvis radio program, columnist 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:35.839 in the Southern California news group. You can reader in 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:39.360 the pages of the OC Register, the Riverside Press Enterprise, 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:42.240 the LA Daily News. Thanks so much for stopping by. 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:46.920 Thank you all right, Frank, you're keeping an eye on 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:50.880 all of the statewide contests. One of the statewide contests 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:54.320 that you are watching closely this evening when the polls 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:58.520 close at eight, is to see who will become California's 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:01.480 next attorney general. We know that Rob Bonta is seeking 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:05.720 another four year term the city attorney for Huntington Beach. 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:09.960 The Republican candidate is running against him in that race. 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:14.560 He's been actively campaigning statewide and it looks like those 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:17.600 two candidates could end up in a runoff. It was 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:21.640 widely expected before he filed for reelection that Rob Bonta 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:25.720 would run for governor and not attorney general. But at 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:28.640 the eleventh hour, despite the fact that Kamala Harris didn't 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:32.000 get into the race for governor and Alex Padia decided 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:35.520 to take a pass Rob Bonta decided to run for 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:38.000 reelection instead, surprising a lot of people. 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:42.640 Very well put Democrat incment. Rob Bonta facing that challenge 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:46.840 from Republican Michael Gates for the role of California's Attorney General, 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:50.400 will be watching that race very very closely. Michael Gates 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:53.920 is part of the Golden Ticket slate of candidates that 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:57.280 was organized by Steve Hilton, the front running Republican candidate 0:14:57.280 --> 0:15:00.520 who will be watching tonight and the governor's race. Gates 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:02.760 is a former trial attorney who served as the Huntington 0:15:02.800 --> 0:15:06.600 Beach City Attorney. As you well know John Deputy US 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:09.320 Attorney as well. He's raised the less than half of 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:11.920 what Bonda raised to keep his seat according to the 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:17.320 latest reports I've seen, and it looks like Bonda's predecessor, 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:20.720 by the way, was Javi or Bessera. So he's running 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:22.960 for governor and right now, according to the Benning markets, 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:24.920 in the lead at the moment. So it's going to 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:28.160 be a very interesting night. As we've tracked all the 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:31.160 state wide races here at this desk, the Attorney General race, 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:35.040 Superintendent of Public Instruction will have the State treasurer race 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:38.200 as well as of course, the Lieutenant Governor and all 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:42.280 important insurance Commissioner, which takes on added significance given the 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:47.040 firestorm horrific disaster. They're calling it a second disaster given 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:50.160 the slow pace of recovery. So the state insurance Commissioner 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:51.960 races something else will be watching very closely. 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:55.640 All right. We have about forty more minutes, just under 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:57.960 forty minutes for the polls to be open here in 0:15:58.000 --> 0:16:00.920 the state of California. If you have not voted and 0:16:01.000 --> 0:16:03.640 you would like to cast your ballot, you better hurry 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:06.800 up and do so because the polls are closing fast. 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:10.480 We are live on election night. My name is John Phillips, 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:15.280 joined in studio by Randy Wang, Frank Motech and remote 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:19.480 from Fresno, our colleague Phil Teresi on loan from KMJ 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:23.120 in Fresno. We'll be back in moments. Don't you go anywhere, 0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:27.240 And we continue at seven twenty four on this election night. 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:30.600 My name is John Phillips, joined in studio by Randy Wang, 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:36.720 Frank mootech and in Fresno, our colleague in Pale, Phil Teresi, 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:40.760 who is joining us as well. All right, Randy, you 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:43.880 are keeping an eye on the voting centers in Los 0:16:43.920 --> 0:16:48.280 Angeles County in terms of which ones are busy which 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.320 ones are not busy. We have a little over a 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:53.480 half hour left of voting. What are you seeing? 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:55.160 I'm seeing a lot of procrastinators. 0:16:55.240 --> 0:16:55.480 John. 0:16:55.800 --> 0:16:58.000 Here's the thing. You've been able to vote in this 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:01.600 election for about a month, and I have been looking 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:05.280 at this website all day locator dot lavote dot gov 0:17:05.359 --> 0:17:08.879 all the voting centers in the largest county in California. 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:12.000 One out of every four voters lives in LA County. 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:14.960 And the way this chart works is if it's green, 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:17.680 that means there is no wait, or it's fifteen minutes 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:21.399 or less, And up until about five minutes ago, nearly 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:24.360 every single one of these places is green. But here 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:27.000 we are with thirty five minutes left to be able 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:29.879 to vote, and there's a ton of places now that 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:33.080 are getting a little busy because people waited till the 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:37.000 last possible minute to vote. What is this a college 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:41.040 term paper? Now, most of the places are still easy, 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:43.720 so like, for instance, if you are waiting in an 0:17:43.760 --> 0:17:47.399 hour plus line in West Hollywood at the Aquatic Recreation Center, 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:51.480 you can go over to the Fairfax Senior Citizen Center 0:17:51.760 --> 0:17:54.720 less than a mile over on Melrose, and there's no wait. 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:57.320 So look it up for yourself. If you're standing in 0:17:57.359 --> 0:17:59.680 a long line because you waited till the last minute, 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:02.439 you got a locator dot lavote dot gov. You can 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:05.240 vote at any voting center, not just the one in 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:08.199 your neighborhood, or you could drop that ballot in a box. 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:10.760 But if you wore a speedo to go vote, you're 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:13.760 probably more comfortable at the Aquatic Center than the Senior Center. 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:16.240 And you probably went to Tom Steyer's party last night. 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:17.280 That's true. 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:21.640 All right, let's check in with Phil Teresi in Fresno. Phil, 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:26.359 one of the congressional races that you're watching very closely. 0:18:26.480 --> 0:18:32.439 There is David Valadeo, the incumbent Republican congressman who is 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:36.280 seeking a two year term in the House of Representatives. 0:18:36.280 --> 0:18:40.880 The Democrats are having a primary to see which Democratic 0:18:40.960 --> 0:18:43.399 candidate there's a more moderate candidate in that race, a 0:18:43.440 --> 0:18:46.280 more liberal candidate in that race, who will face off 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:48.639 with the incumbent Republican in November. 0:18:49.320 --> 0:18:52.520 Well, I think that it's entirely possible that Randy Vegas, 0:18:52.520 --> 0:18:57.159 by accepting the endorsements of AOC and Bernie Sanders in 0:18:57.200 --> 0:19:00.360 a congressional district that, with a single exception and has 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:05.280 gone to David Valadeo for thirteen years running, may have 0:19:05.359 --> 0:19:07.880 shot himself in the foot, Doctor jas Meat Baines out 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:12.439 of the Assembly. She conducts herself well, She's got the 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:17.200 local party endorsement, she's got the state party endorsement, and Vegas. 0:19:17.320 --> 0:19:20.160 While I think that he is credible in his role 0:19:20.240 --> 0:19:23.880 as a school board member, probably has aired a little 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:26.720 too far to the left. Certainly the way that the 0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:29.360 money has gone in this race, We've seen a lot 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:33.080 of outside cash come in in favor of the aegis, 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:36.880 I think with the intention of giving an inferior candidate 0:19:36.920 --> 0:19:40.399 to Valadeo for the general election. But David's got a 0:19:40.400 --> 0:19:45.680 reputation for incredible constituent service, and he has continuously won 0:19:45.720 --> 0:19:49.479 a district that has gone left in every presidential election 0:19:49.680 --> 0:19:53.520 by thirteen and fifteen points. I don't think Valadeo has 0:19:53.560 --> 0:19:55.639 a question of will he hang on to the job. 0:19:55.960 --> 0:19:58.320 I think the question at this point is is he 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:00.199 going to spend a little money keeping it away from 0:20:00.320 --> 0:20:03.440 Viegas or a lot of money keeping it away from Bains. 0:20:04.080 --> 0:20:08.919 Now Baines portrays herself as a moderate candidate. Is she 0:20:08.960 --> 0:20:11.800 an actual blue dog Democrat or is she just not 0:20:11.920 --> 0:20:13.080 a Bernie type. 0:20:13.640 --> 0:20:17.280 Would I would say the latter. She's not full blown 0:20:17.400 --> 0:20:21.120 AOC Green Party wingnut. I wouldn't go so far as 0:20:21.160 --> 0:20:25.159 to describe Baines as a socialist. But she's not a 0:20:25.200 --> 0:20:27.399 moderate and she's not a blue dog. This is not 0:20:27.520 --> 0:20:31.880 somebody who would fall into line with Jack Kennedy's policies 0:20:32.040 --> 0:20:33.119 if he were alive. 0:20:32.880 --> 0:20:37.440 Today, and with the House of Representatives so closely divided, 0:20:37.520 --> 0:20:39.639 if it comes down to one or two seats to 0:20:39.720 --> 0:20:43.080 determine who is in control of Congress, this seat could 0:20:43.160 --> 0:20:45.800 really matter in terms of the national scene. 0:20:46.240 --> 0:20:51.480 Oh absolutely. Valadeo's delivered for Republicans consistently, and his fundraising 0:20:51.560 --> 0:20:54.000 reflects that there's a lot of faith in his ability, 0:20:54.280 --> 0:20:57.280 despite the fact that he is not a gold star 0:20:57.960 --> 0:21:02.320 MAGA Republican. But in the case of David Valadeo, being 0:21:02.320 --> 0:21:05.240 a little more moderate, being willing to reach across the 0:21:05.240 --> 0:21:08.560 aisle serves him well. One of the other opportunities to 0:21:08.600 --> 0:21:11.280 flip is actually one district over D twenty one, where 0:21:11.359 --> 0:21:14.800 Jim Costa is the incumbent and has been there for 0:21:14.880 --> 0:21:19.440 decades and he's got too serious. Republicans after that seat, 0:21:19.440 --> 0:21:23.200 Lieutenant Colonel Lorenzo Rios out of Clovis and Kyle Kirkland 0:21:23.240 --> 0:21:27.359 here in Fresno. And in both cases there's an opportunity 0:21:27.359 --> 0:21:30.240 for Republicans to snag that seat if they rise to 0:21:30.280 --> 0:21:30.879 the occasion. 0:21:31.359 --> 0:21:33.240 All right, and of course, the polls close in a 0:21:33.320 --> 0:21:36.240 half hour. Hopefully we'll have some results to bring to you, 0:21:36.320 --> 0:21:39.440 some numbers to talk about in a little over half 0:21:39.480 --> 0:21:43.200 an hour. It's election night, John Phillips joined by Randy Wang, 0:21:43.240 --> 0:21:47.000