A late-hour attempt by California’s top Democratic official to thin out the party’s crowded field for governor flopped, leaving Democrats anxious over the possibility about a Republican upset in November.

The all-GOP general election is possible under California’s unusual top-two primary system.

Fearful that an election quirk could result in heavily Democratic California installing a Republican as its next governor, a top Democrat on Tuesday sent his party's lagging candidates a blunt me

Fearful that an election quirk could result in heavily Democratic California installing a Republican as its next governor, a top Democrat on Tuesday sent his party's lagging candidates a blunt me

California's top Democrat has a message for his party's candidates who are lagging in the race for governor: If you can't win, get out of the race.

‘They’ve all got a constitutional right to run. But too many Democrats on the June 2 primary ballot could flip the … governor’s office to a Republican.’