Banana Republic by Mail: Why We Probably Won't Know Outcomes of CA's Crucial Primaries for Days
By Bob Hoge | 9:04 PM on June 02, 2026
In California, the term “Election Day” is really a misnomer — it’s election month, at least. Ballots were sent out for Tuesday’s primary on May 4 to every eligible voter, which amounts to over 23 million people. Folks have been voting ever since.
So Tuesday marks the end of a seemingly never-ending period that ends this evening; it’s hardly election day.
Well, perhaps we’ll know the winners and the losers by the end of the evening, you might argue, so we can still call it "election night." Oh no, no, no, this is the Left Coast, and things get strange out here. It can take weeks to get final results, sometimes even months.
It shouldn’t be this way:
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https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/02/banana-republic-by-mail-why-we-probably-wont-know-outcomes-of-cas-crucial-primaries-for-days-n2202974
