Appointed U.S. Sen Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) has secured his spot on the Nov. 8 ballot after taking a solid lead over opponents in the June 7 state primary election.
Padilla also won the special vacancy election to serve out the remainder of the current Senate term, ending Jan. 3, 2023. He was appointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to the U.S. Senate when then-Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) left to join the Biden administration in 2021.
In the election for the next six-year Senate term, Padilla earned 56.1 percent of the vote. Meuser came in second, securing himself a spot on the ballot with 12 percent. In California’s jungle primary system, only the top two vote-getters—regardless of party affiliation—wadvance to the Nov. 8 midterm election….