{"id":1161,"date":"2026-06-22T13:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/california-relocation-journal.com\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2026-06-22T13:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:30:16","slug":"politician-behind-top-two-primary-has-second-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/california-relocation-journal.com\/?p=1161","title":{"rendered":"Politician behind \u2018top two\u2019 primary has second thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span>SACRAMENTO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/span>The man who brought California the top-two open primary now thinks it needs a drastic overhaul. In fact, he says the \u201ctop-two\u201d part should be trashed.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/california-relocation-journal.com\/?p=1159\">An ancient oak tree said to have sheltered legendary Robin Hood has died<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former state Sen. Abel Maldonado advocates returning to a \u201ctop-one\u201d system where the winning vote-getter in each recognized political party \u2014 major or minor \u2014 qualifies for the November general election.<\/p>\n<p>But he\u2019d keep the \u201copen\u201d part that allows citizens to vote for any candidate on the state ballot, regardless of party.<\/p>\n<p>Maldonado says he crafted the current system 16 years ago believing it would produce \u201cpragmatic and commonsense\u201d officeholders. But that has failed, he acknowledges.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-politician, a Republican centrist who runs a Santa Maria farm operation, is one of several people from both major parties who contend the top-two system should be significantly altered or eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>The movement gained momentum during the recent California primary. And I\u2019ve got some other suggestions for reform that sprang from that election experience:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We shouldn\u2019t allow 61 people to \u201crun\u201d for governor. That many people, the vast majority of them on a laughable lark, clog the ballot and create a nuisance for voters. Just so they can tell a grandkid or a guy on the next barstool, \u201cI once was a candidate for California governor.\u201d Each got roughly 0% of the vote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A solution: Quadruple both the current $4,900 candidate filing fee and the alternative collection of 6,000 voter signatures. That might dissuade frivolous \u201ccandidacies.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hate language should be banned from the state\u2019s Official Voter Information Guide. One so-called gubernatorial contender got a blatantly antisemitic \u201ccandidate statement\u201d inserted into the information guide that was mailed to all voter households.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt was disgusting. Horrible,\u201d said Assemblymember Gail Pellerin (D-Santa Cruz), chairwoman of the Assembly Elections Committee and a member of the Legislative Jewish Caucus. She\u2019s pushing legislation to prohibit such language in the guide.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019d think that the secretary of state\u2019s office would have burned the crud without needing a new law, but somebody dropped the ball.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This has nothing to do with the primary, but the office of lieutenant governor should be abolished. It\u2019s a non-job. The only real purpose is to wait for the governor to vacate the office by resignation or death. The last time that happened was 73 years ago when Gov. Earl Warren left to become a Supreme Court chief justice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If another governor did ever depart \u2014 many fantasize about being elected president \u2014 the job could be assumed by, perhaps, the attorney general.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two other elective state offices should also be scratched: superintendent of public instruction and insurance commissioner. Those posts should be appointed by the governor, who is the logical person to be held accountable for education and insurance policies. <\/li>\n<li>And the state board of equalization. Junk that too. Hardly anyone knows what it does. Not much, after the scandal-plagued board was stripped of most of its tax duties a decade ago. They were shifted to two entities that report directly to the governor, rendering the board essentially superfluous.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But don\u2019t expect any elective office ever to be eliminated by politicians. They desperately protect them as potential landing spots.<\/p>\n<p>Back to the top-two open primary.<\/p>\n<p>Maldonado jockeyed California\u2019s oft-called jungle primary system onto the 2010 ballot as part of a late-night budget and tax deal. The senator agreed to vote for a gridlocked state budget and a hefty tax hike in exchange for legislative approval of the ballot measure.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pushed hard for the proposition and voters passed it.<\/p>\n<p>Voters, regardless of party affiliation, can vote for any candidate. And the top two vote-getters, regardless of their party, advance to the general election.<\/p>\n<p>The idea was that candidates would be forced to appeal to centrist voters \u2014 not just party idealogues \u2014 and more moderates would be elected.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/california-relocation-journal.com\/?p=1157\">In L.A., as in other U.S. cities, democratic socialists are poised to expand power at City Hall<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you seriously say that the top-two system has led to more moderation? No, that\u2019s asinine,\u201d asserts Republican Assemblymember Carl DeMaio of San Diego, who strongly supports returning to party nominations.<\/p>\n<p>A few additional moderates have been elected to the Legislature, and some districts have become more competitive. But that\u2019s mainly because of independent, nonpartisan redistricting, according to Eric McGhee, an elections expert at the Public Policy Institute of California.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, the electorate has become so polarized in recent years \u2014 particularly during the Trump era \u2014 that very few centrist voters seem to be left.<\/p>\n<p>The move toward abolishing or severely reshaping the primary system is nonpartisan.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat Lorena Gonzalez, president of the California Federation of Labor Unions, favors dumping the top-two.<\/p>\n<p>For one thing, she says, there was too much focus this spring on whether any Democratic gubernatorial candidate would qualify for the November ballot. Fear spread that so many Democrats were running that they\u2019d splinter the party vote and two Republicans would finish first and second.<\/p>\n<p>She wanted to hear less talk about the horse race and more debate over substantive issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople were obsessing about a Democratic shutout,\u201d Gonzalez said. \u201cAnd people were waiting until the last minute to fill out their ballot because they wanted to vote for the candidate who was ahead to make sure someone made the top two. We didn\u2019t have a policy discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A top-two problem from the beginning has been that one party, usually the GOP, always gets locked out of some legislative or congressional elections.<\/p>\n<p>In November, there\u2019ll be eight congressional races with only Democrats running and one contest with just Republican candidates. And no general election write-ins are allowed.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s unfair to voters. They deserve a clear ideological choice.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic consultant Steve Maviglio is pushing a proposed ballot initiative to wipe out the top-two. \u201cIt hasn\u2019t delivered what it promised,\u201d he argues.<\/p>\n<p>Agreed. We gave it a try and it didn\u2019t work out. Time to try something new\u2013like Maldonado\u2019s hybrid idea.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/california-relocation-journal.com\/?p=1155\">Newsom\u2019s stance on controversial data centers about to be tested. 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