Governor Brown (D) won the Governor reelection in California...

[C Moon]

and two propositions he backed in which he spoke in the advertising (1 and 2), got overwhelming wins.
If only we could get the fire in California (no pun intended) to spread throughout the nation.
(edited)...The only thing I don't like is that we may give the Secretary of State position to the GOP.
That's too much power, if you ask me.

[pablo_marmol]

1. Yes -- this is good news.

In fact, it's largely offsetting my general discouragement about the state of our nation.

[FrenchieCat]

2. Thank goodness I live in California....is all that I can say at this point!

[C Moon]

3. Yes. I'd have a stomach ulcer if I lived somewhere else tonight.

[marlakay]

13. That's how I feel about WA

I said to husband thank God we live in a blue state...

[JRLeft]

4. The SOS loss could be a problem in 2016.

[C Moon]

6. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. The Koch brothers are probably wringing their hands.

[Stargleamer]

5. Actually it seems like Padilla can catch up. . .

unless you know something i don't know. it seems like only 14.4% of the precincts are in. For Calif. the late-reporting precincts skew more Democratic.

[C Moon]

7. Sorry. You're right. I jumped the gun. Thanks! I sure hope so. I'll sleep even better now. :)

I'll edit the post.

[Stargleamer]

9. Padilla's now in the lead. . .

with roughly 26% of the vote in. With roughly 1.2% less of the vote in he was still behind. I don't think he'll relinquish this lead for the remainder of the night--most likely it will get larger.

[C Moon]

11. +1

[C Moon]

10. You're right! He's on top now!

Woo hoo! Let's hope it keeps on!

[Hawaii Hiker]

14. Padilla still in lead

http://elections.nytimes.com/2014/california-elections

[JRLeft]

8. Prop 47 passed and am hoping 45 passes too!

[C Moon]

12. +1

[Samantha]

15. I have admired him since I first saw him appear on the political stage

The next time you hear someone remark that a candidate who is 58, 59, 60 is too OLD to run, point out Governor Brown. He really is just so sharp. Well, maybe we should run him in 2016 - that would really be a hoot. I would even just love seeing him in the debates. That would be tremendous.

Sam