How do the house/senate elections work in California, how candidates are chosen? (appointed, tax)

[buenos]

How do the house/senate elections work in California?
- for electing senators for federal congress
- for electing representatives (house) for federal congress
- for electing members of CA state congress.
- selecting candidates before those elections. Obviously people have a say in democrat/republican, but do they have a choice in the party candidates?

Specifically how and who chooses the candidates?
For example the 19th district of CA had one democratic party candidate and one republican candidate. Who chose these two candidates? Are they appointed by their parties, or elected from a group? Were there other people wanting to be candidates but not selected, or no one cares to become a member of the house of representatives in Washington DC? Do the candidates require an approval by the party leadership, or only by the voter base?
Most of us are dissatisfied with the corrupt un-american representatives and senators, I wonder how can they be replaced in 2018 ?

[RosieSD]

Primary Elections in California

The Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act, which took effect January 1, 2011, created voter-nominated offices. The Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act does not apply to candidates running for U.S. President, county central committees, or local offices.

Most of the offices that were previously known as "partisan" are now known as "voter-nominated" offices. Voter-nominated offices are state constitutional offices, state legislative offices, and U.S. congressional offices. The only "partisan offices" now are the offices of U.S. President and county central committee.

How are primary elections conducted in California?

All candidates for voter-nominated offices are listed on one ballot and only the top two vote-getters in the primary election – regardless of party preference - move on to the general election. A write-in candidate will only move on to the general election if the candidate is one of the top two vote-getters in the primary election.

Prior to the Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act, the top vote-getter from each qualified political party, as well as any write-in candidate who received a certain percentage of votes, moved on to the general election.

The Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act does not apply to candidates running for U.S. President, county central committee, or local office.

Primary Elections in California | California Secretary of State

[buenos]

How do the candidates of "voter-nominated" offices get selected?
Who nominates the candidates before the primary election?

[cb73]

Anyone can get on the ballot if they collect enough signatures and pay the filing fee. That's why there's always so many candidates on the primary ballots. Then the top two move to the final ballot.

[Nodpete]

First of all they reject anybody with common sense.

Secondly, no Republicans allowed.

Third, you have to promise to vote yes on all 'feel good' issues.

Fourth, you have to promise to vote yes on all tax increases.

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[buenos]

According to this, in my district there were only 2 candidates in the primary?
https://ballotpedia.org/California%2...ional_District

[RosieSD]

Originally Posted by Nodpete

First of all they reject anybody with common sense.

Secondly, no Republicans allowed.


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That's really odd.

I live in a district where there is ALWAYS a Republican on the ballot.

My Congressman and State Assemblyman are both Republicans.

In fact, the Congressman and State Assemblyman in my district have ALWAYS been Republicans for the last two decades.

Guess I must not live in California if no Republicans are allowed.

[RosieSD]

Originally Posted by buenos

According to this, in my district there were only 2 candidates in the primary?
https://ballotpedia.org/California%2...ional_District

Hmmm, that's odd. According to Nodpete NO Republicans have ever appeared on any ballot in California.

So, I have no idea how there could be a Republican on the 2016 General Election ballot in your district.

Must have been a typo.

In all seriousness, it sounds like the Republican and Democrat candidate on the General Election ballot were the only two candidates who completed paperwork for the primary so they made it to the General Ballot "by default". Note where it says "Both candidates advanced past the top-two primary on June 7, 2016, by default" That implies that no one else ran in the primary.

Of course, I don't live in the district. You do. The website of your County Registrar of Voters should have information about the results of all past elections (including primaries) held in your County. You can also use sites like Google news to search newspaper archives for information about why elections turned out the way they did. And, you can also call your local Republican party headquarters or Democratic party headquarters and talk to them.

Next time around, you can find out about upcoming elections on your County Registrar of Voters website, and of course, party offices will have information too. If there is a candidate you want to see on the General Election ballot, you can support him/her in getting on the ballot by donating to their campaign, volunteering your time to help get voter signatures, helping with voter registration drives, etc.

Or, maybe you'd consider running yourself.

The point is, *most* of the people who complain endlessly about how things turn out in elections and who say dumb things like Republicans are never on the ballot, have never actively participated in the process themselves. They don't find out who is running in the primaries, they don't actively support candidates they prefer, and they'd never consider running themselves. I'm sure a certain percentage don't even vote.

If those people spent half the amount of time that they spend griping on the internet participating in the election process, there might not be as much of a reason to complain and we might all be better off.

Then again, some people aren't doers. They're just complainers.

[majoun]

Originally Posted by Nodpete

First of all they reject anybody with common sense.

Secondly, no Republicans allowed.


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Jefferson's already seceded?

[buenos]

We had a republican candidate, but I cannot find out any info about his stances. For example is he for "the wall", is he against "obamacare"? If not, then he is just another democrat. I would support a true republican candidate. The biggest problem with the gop, is several republican party members in the house/senate keep voting against republican/conservative agenda, and they have to be removed/replaced from the party. That could only be done through or before the primaries.
I'm just getting my citizenship now, and and I am a conservative.