{"id":343577,"date":"2026-06-02T23:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/343577\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T23:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:13:09","slug":"unpacking-the-2026-california-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/343577\/","title":{"rendered":"Unpacking the 2026 California Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for a recap of the results and what they mean going into November\u2019s general election.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/california-polls.jpg\"  alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>People vote at a polling location at the Metro Headquarters Building during California&#8217;s state primary election in Los Angeles, California, on June 2, 2026. Californians go to the polls Tuesday in the first round of voting for a new governor, with a tight three-way race for two run-off spots, while people in Los Angeles will also be voting for a new mayor. The state&#8217;s so-called &#8220;jungle primary&#8221; pits all comers against each other &#8212; regardless of party &#8212; with the top two vote-getters advancing to the November general election to replace term-limited Governor Gavin Newsom.\u00a0(Frederic J. Brown\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Guests:<\/p>\n<p>Marisa Lagos, politics correspondent, KQED; co-host, KQED&#8217;s Political Breakdown<\/p>\n<p>Guy Marzorati, correspondent, KQED&#8217;s California Politics and Government Desk<\/p>\n<p>Sydney Johnson, general assignment reporter, KQED News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Join us for a recap of the results and what they mean going into November\u2019s general election. People&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-343577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}