Making Sense of Bay Area’s 2022 Primary Election Results

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🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Voters cast ballots in consequential races across the Bay Area on Tuesday. San Franciscans decided whether to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a campaign followed in national media as a referendum on progressive criminal justice reform. San Jose’s mayoral primary brought in historic amounts of campaign spending. We’ll look at the impact of California’s new redistricting maps on congressional elections, discuss the possible reasons for low voter turnout and analyze election results from around the Bay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.2	Thank you. From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.
0:48.6	It was election night across the Bay Area yesterday, and voters cast ballots and consequential races across the region.
0:56.7	Well, at least some of us did.
0:58.2	Turnout was extremely low most places for this primary night.
1:01.9	We'll talk about the big stories, Chase of Udine's recall, the San Jose mayor's race primary, and more.
1:07.7	And we'll discuss what these results say about our region's biggest problems
1:11.8	and look ahead to November. That'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:38.9	As you've probably heard by now, in the biggest race of this primary night,
1:43.3	the recall of Chesa Boudin.
1:45.1	The results are clear. He, Chesa Boudin, District Attorney in San Francisco, has been recalled,
1:51.2	and Mayor London Breed will appoint an interim successor. Budin, though, conceding the election,
1:57.3	gave a defiant speech to supporters at the ramp in Dogpatch.
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