The man who held people hostage at a Chase Bank in Bakersfield, California, was shot dead by the FBI after a 15-hour standoff. The post Man Holding Hostages at California Chase Bank Shot Dead by FBI After 15-Hour Standoff appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Voters in half a dozen states on Tuesday cast primary ballots in races that could determine control of Congress this fall, with the marquee primaries for California governor and Los Angeles mayor still up in the air. In Iowa, voters set the stage for a critical Senate race, while the governor’s race saw the winning…
Republican Steve Hilton is sitting in the lead for California's top-two primary election, but that could change soon.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has urged election offices to accurately count votes as quickly as lawfully possible.
President Donald Trump announced a sweeping new crackdown on the financial infrastructure supporting illegal immigration, revealing that his administration will move to shut down bank accounts used to facilitate illegal immigration, human smuggling, cartel activity, and even accounts used to store welfare benefits received by illegal aliens. The post President Trump Orders Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to FREEZE and SEIZE Illegal Alien Bank Accounts in Historic Assault on the Cartel-Backed Border Invasion appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Republicans and Democrats all compete together in the unusual primary to set the one-on-one race in November. Two Democrats and one Republican were in close contention.
The California primaries were supposed to be the first major triumph of younger Democrats' campaign to oust aging House incumbents. That's not how it's shaking out.Why it matters: The old guard is proving they still have some fight, defying a "generational change" year for the party grassroots.Rep. Brad Sherman's (D-Calif.) campaign crowed that the results in his district were a "direct repudiation of Sherman's opponents' claims that voters ... value 'generational change' over experience and results.""We always know that primarying incumbents is really, really hard," said Amanda Litman, founder of Run for Something. "The incumbents are almost always going to win."Driving the news: Sherman, 71, and Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), 75, will both advance to the general election in November after comfortable top-two finishes in Tuesday night's jungle primaries, according to the AP.Their Democratic primary challengers didn't fare nearly as well: Sherman rival Jake Levine is projected to finish a distant third, meaning he won't make it to November.Thompson's Democratic challenger Eric Jones is in a close fight for second with Republican Ray Riehle, trailing by roughly three percentage points with half the votes counted.Both districts are solidly blue, meaning Sherman and Thompson are virtually guaranteed reelection if Republicans advance to the general election.Zoom in: Rep. Doris Matsui's (D-Calif.) fate is more uncertain. The 81-year-old stood at just under 31% of the vote with a little less than half of the vote tallied as of Wednesday morning, according to the AP.Her progressive challenger Mai Vang was at 25%, with Republican Zachariah Wooden — a college undergraduate whose candidacy was boosted by Matsui's allies — close behind at 24%.Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), a perennial target of the left, finished ahead in his primary but may be forced to face progressive challenger Angela Gonzales-Torres in November.Between the lines: While Levine and Jones centered their pitches to voters around generational change, Vang and Gonzales-Torres ran more as progressive alternatives to their establishment-backed incumbents.Age wasn't a huge a factor in the race between Gomez, 51, and Gonzales-Torres, 31."It's important that change is presented as both generational and policy-wise," said Litman. "And if you can't paint that picture for how things will be different, you run into some problems."Zoom out: Elsewhere in the state and across the country, progressives notched some major victories.Adam Hamawy, a vocally pro-Palestinian former combat surgeon best known for saving Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) in Iraq, won the primary to replace retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.).Smoke jumper Sam Forstag, backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and the Congressional Progressive Caucus, is ahead in the Democratic primary in Montana's 1st district.Progressive Randy Villegas led Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee-backed Jasmeet Bains by four points as of Wednesday morning in the fight to take on Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.).The bottom line: The generational change faction isn't losing hope of ousting older incumbents just yet.Said Litman: "The fact that these races are happening at all is indicative of how little control the establishment has to box people out or clear the field."
California polls closed at 8 p.m. local time on Tuesday, but the state continues to count ballots as the spotlight remains on the gubernatorial and Los Angeles mayoral races.Former Fox News host and small business owner Steve Hilton (R) and former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra (D) remain neck and neck in the race to become the next California governor. The top two vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, will advance to the general election.With only 58% of the votes counted as of Wednesday morning, the Associated Press has not announced that either candidate has secured enough votes to guarantee a place in November. 'We are still leading. It’s looking good.'However, Hilton holds a slight lead, securing over 1,386,000 votes. Becerra is more than two points behind with 1,267,000 votes. Democratic challenger Tom Steyer sits in third place, over eight points behind Hilton, with 979,000 votes.Hilton called it a “very, very good night,” stating that “it does look like change really is coming to California.”“We are still leading. It’s looking good,” he added.Since no candidate earned at least 50% of the vote in the L.A. mayoral race, the top two finishers will face off again in November. With roughly 63% of the ballots counted as of Wednesday morning, incumbent Mayor Karen Bass has secured enough votes to move on to the general election, according to the Associated Press.RELATED: 'Doomsday scenario': California governor race turns into high-stakes scramble as vote split may keep Republican out Steve Hilton. Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty ImagesApproximately 12 hours after the polls closed, Bass held onto a more than four-point lead over former reality TV star Spencer Pratt, while L.A. City Councilwoman Nithya Raman sat in third place, over 12 points behind Bass.Pratt appeared positioned to defeat Raman, already securing over 151,000 votes compared to the councilwoman’s 110,000 votes. If Pratt holds onto his lead, he will advance to the runoff against Bass in November.RELATED: Spencer Pratt and Nithya Raman shrink Karen Bass’ lead in tight race for LA mayor: Poll Karen Bass. Mario Tama/Getty ImagesDecision Desk HQ projected that Bass would advance and reported that Pratt “looks most likely” to join her, although it is too soon to be certain.“Well, obviously God wanted five more months of me exposing all the failures of our mayor,” Pratt told reporters on Tuesday evening. “So, it’s gonna be a fun ride. I hope she’s ready.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
Henry Nowak's murder is an example of what is happening to the West on a mass scale due to Third World migration.