Hillary Clinton wins California Democratic primary

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won the California Democratic presidential primary Tuesday.

With all precincts reporting at around 8:50 a.m. Wednesday, the Associated Press called the election for Clinton, who had around 56 percent of the vote, compared to 43 percent for Sen. Bernie Sanders, (I-Vt.).

Sanders said Tuesday night he would continue to lobby superdelegates to support him at the Democratic National Convention in July. Superdelegates, or unpledged delegates, are Democratic elected officials who also get to vote for the party’s nominee and do not have to vote the way their states voted. Clinton has the support of about 530 unpledged delegates, while Sanders has the support of about 40, according to the Associated Press.

Donald Trump won the Republican presidential primary. He ran uncontested, taking about 75 percent of the vote.

In the race for U.S. Senate, two Democrats will advance to the November general election. Under California’s top-two primary system, the top two candidates with the most votes advance to the November election, regardless of party. State Attorney General Kamala Harris won the most votes with about 40 percent, and Rep. Loretta Sanchez from Orange County won about 18 percent.

November will be the first election in California in which a Republican candidate failed to get on the ballot for a statewide office.

Proposition 50, which would allow for the suspension of state legislators without pay and privileges, passed with about 75 percent of the vote.

Democratic incumbents won in State Assembly and House of Representative races with Sebastian Ridley-Thomas and Ted Lieu, respectively, winning by large margins. Ridley-Thomas will face Republican Glen Ratcliff and Lieu will face Republican Kenneth Wright again in November for the general election.

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