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Government

Nov. 23, 2006

California Should Hold the First Primary in the Country

FORUM COLUMN - By Joshua Spivak - With California on a post-election political ascendancy, the state Legislature's leaders are contemplating taking a bold step by moving up the date of the presidential primary from June to an earlier, actually relevant, date.

Forum Column

By Joshua Spivak
     
      With California on a post-election political ascendancy, the state Legislature's leaders are contemplating taking a bold step by moving up the date of the presidential primary from June to an earlier, actually relevant, date. This proposal could be criticized as a self-serving attempt to grab more power in the nomination process. But the legislators have a good ...

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