Importance of the GOP Fight in California ~ VIDEO

By Newt Gingrich

Opinion

USA – -(Ammoland.com)- John Cox is doing something remarkable: He’s giving Republicans hope in California.

A recent survey indicates that Cox is now within striking distance of becoming governor of the infamously liberal state.

According to the Public Policy Institute of California, Republican candidate John Cox (who I greatly respect and have worked with for years) has been gaining support since January and is now the second-place pick for governor among likely California primary voters. This puts him right behind the leading Democrat and represents a great potential for Cox to take the governorship in November.

This poll result is important because California’s primary system for congressional and statewide elections is a bit unusual. Instead of running individual party primaries, all candidates for governor – regardless of political affiliation – will appear on a single ballot on June 5. The two candidates who earn the most votes move on to the November 6 gubernatorial election. Washington is the only other state that elects both congressional and state-level candidates this way.

It’s a great system for silencing and drowning out political minorities, and it has likely been a big help to California Democrats since …Read the Rest

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