Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson slammed California Democrats on Monday for a new ballot initiative that would repeal the state’s top-two primary system, which would mean a return to traditional party primaries.“I think it goes to and speaks to the arrogance of entrenched one-party rule in a place like California,” Benson said on Fox Business’s The Evening Edit.In a top-two primary system, also known as a “jungle primary,” all candidates run against one another. And the top two vote-getters advance to the general election, even if they are from the same party.
This is a rising concern for Democrats, who are seeing the possibility of two Republican contenders in the California gubernatorial race.
Benson joked that a few weeks ago, he had a conversation about the top-two primary system and whether both candidates would be Republicans.
“Democrats who run that state will not let it happen. They will change the rules; they will do what they need to do to ensure that is not the case,” Benson said.
Democrat Steven Maviglio filed a ballot initiative to repeal the top-two primary system and return the state to traditional party primaries.
