A Big Test for California’s Open Primary System

A Big Test for California’s Open Primary System

Among the eight states holding primary elections Tuesday is California, where the open “top two” primary election is worth watching. California is an incubator of ideas and trends. In 2012, it used the top-two system in congressional races, and now it has expanded to all statewide races. Rhodes Cook has described its top-two system as an effort to get more centrist candidates on the ballot. But this system has several other important goals.
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