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Discussion Megathread: CA-34 Special Election and New Jersey Gubernatorial Primary
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Discussion Megathread: CA-34 Special Election and New Jersey Gubernatorial Primary

Posted: 06 Jun 2017 08:27 AM PDT

Introduction

Today, California will be holding a special election for its 34th district. The seat was vacated by Xavier Becerra after he was appointed to serve the remainder of Senator Kamala Harris' term as California Attorney General. Polls close at 8PM Pacific. Regular voter registration is closed, but voters in that district may still cast a provisional ballot.

Additionally, New Jersey is holding its gubernatorial primary today (along with various local elections). New Jersey is one of 4 states that holds its gubernatorial elections in off years (the other 3 being Virginia, which will be holding its primary next week, Louisiana, and Kentucky, both of which hold their next gubernatorial elections in 2019). Incumbent Governor Chris Christie is term-limited and is ineligible to run. Polls close at 8PM Eastern. New Jersey's primary does not permit same-day registration.

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Candidates

CA-34: California utilizes a top two primary, where the top two vote-getters from the primary election (which was held late April) will advance to the general election irrespective of partisan identification.

Democrat Robert Ahn, Lawyer and Businessman
Democrat Jimmy Gomez, State Assemblyman for the 51st District

New Jersey: New Jersey has a closed primary. Voters are ineligible to vote for candidates apart from the party they are registered with.

Democrats

Bill Brennan
Jim Johnson
Raymond Lesniak
Phil Murphy
John Wisniewski
Mark Zinna

Republicans

Jack Ciattarelli
Kim Guadagno
Steven Rogers
Joseph Rudy Rullo
Hirsch Singh

Results

Other Resources

Be sure to check out our election calendar for upcoming elections this year and their voter registration deadlines!

State	Election Type	Election Date	Registration Deadline	Register
NJ	State Primary	TODAY	Expired	N/A
CA (34th district)	Federal General	TODAY	Expired	N/A
VA	State Primary	Jun. 13	Expired	N/A
GA (6th district)	Federal General	Jun. 20	Expired	N/A
SC (5th district)	Federal General	Jun. 20	Expired	N/A
AL (Senate)	Federal Primary	Aug. 15*	July 31	AL SOS
UT (3rd district)	Federal Primary	Aug. 15**	Aug. 7	UT SOS
NJ	State General	Nov. 7	Oct. 17	NJ SOS
VA	State General	Nov. 7	Oct. 17	VA SOS
UT (3rd district)	Federal General	Nov. 7**	Oct. 31	UT SOS
AL (Senate)	Federal General	Dec. 12	Nov. 27	AL SOS

^{*If no candidate receives 50% of the vote in his/her respective primary, a runoff election is scheduled for September 26th. The voter registration deadline for the runoff is September 11th.}

^{**Congressman Jason Chaffetz has announced that he will retire from Congress, effective June 30th. A special election primary is expected to be called by August 15th, with a general election on November 7th.}

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