... CA has an open primary as well, voted into place by CA Libs & Progs. It makes the general a run-off between the two top vote getters for each office. Sometimes that means two Ds are on the November ballot for some offices (that was the case when obnoxoid Fortney "Pete" Stark was involuntarily retired by his district).
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The Presidential primary does not follow the top-two rule for other offices. Each party still has their own selection process, and can choose who can vote in the Presidential part. The Rs opted for a "closed" primary, i.e. only registered Rs can vote in the R primary. The way the delegates are divvied up is interesting. Most delegates are apportioned by Congressional district, 3 delegates per district, with, apparently, a few being "at large". Thus, using 2016 as an example, Trump could get the delegates from 26 districts, but Cruz the delegates from 27 districts.
BTW, Babs Bouncer's Senate seat is up for grabs. The Ds' leading fruitcake is Kamala Harris, AG and formerly the DA of SF who refused to seek the death penalty for
ANY murder. The other D fruitcake is SoCal's Loretta Sanchez. Unfortunately, it looks like the Rs have enough candidates that they will split the vote and the November ballot may have Harris and Sanchez as the only two choices.
