Thursday, 5 May 2016

Democrats: Welcome to California, the battleground state

Welcome to what battleground state status feels like, California Democrats. At least, for a little while.

Just hours after Indiana sent Texas Sen. Ted Cruz packing and Ohio Gov. John Kasich called it quits – essentially making Donald Trump the Republican nominee for president – the Democrats found they were the ones in the middle of the political drama as their front-runner is chased by a challenger who not only won in the Hoosier State, but has vowed to keep fighting through the California primary on June 7.

Bernie Sanders may be a mathematical long-shot to get the Democratic presidential nomination despite Tuesday’s win, but Hillary Clinton isn’t taking chances and has begun flooding California with rallies, office openings and fundraisers.

The tussle between Clinton and Sanders for the state’s 475 delegates started in earnest Wednesday, as early primary voting gets underway Monday.

Former President Bill Clinton spoke in Los Angeles on behalf of his wife at the Garden Suite Hotel on Wednesday before participating in an evening panel discussion about gun violence with members of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and actor Brad Pitt. For the full article click here



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