California's Primary is June 2. Do You Know What's on Your Ballot?

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🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

You may be among the nearly two million voters who have already cast their votes for California’s primary election next week. But if you’re procrastinating like the rest of us, we’ll break down what’s on your ballot. We’ll go beyond the governor’s race to statewide races like attorney general and insurance commissioner, to the key congressional races that could determine the direction of the Democratic Party, and the ballot measures that are conflicting, confusing or causing controversy. KQED’s Politics Team will answer your questions and discuss what you need to know to fill out your ballot. Guests: Guy Marzorati, correspondent, KQED's California Politics and Government Desk Marisa Lagos, politics correspondent, KQED; co-host, KQED's Political Breakdown Sydney Johnson, reporter, KQED News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.2	I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:01.8	The Gavin Newsom era is ending in California.
1:05.3	The Nancy Pelosi era of politics is ending in California.
1:08.7	Kamala Harris is on the sidelines.
1:12.0	Kind of strange time in our state's politics. And at the local level, with the crime, overdose, and homelessness
1:17.2	waves subsiding, there isn't the kind of obvious local crisis that tends to drive news cycles.
1:23.4	Instead, we're left with our big structural problems and a kind of rudderless Democratic Party
1:28.4	that can't decide if it's with big tech or against it, a technocratic back-to-basics party
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