To the editor: It’s surprising that, in a blue state like California, a Republican would possibly edge out the No. 2 Democrat in our jungle main (“Karen Bass, Xavier Becerra top new poll for L.A. mayor, California governor,” Could 13). It’s much less shocking, nonetheless, while you take a look at the way in which Tom Steyer and Xavier Becerra are attacking one another. This tactic can be regular within the typical Democratic main, the place the candidates run in opposition to one another within the main after which assault their Republican opponent within the basic, but it surely’s the other in a jungle main.
In a jungle main, the Democrats ought to run as a workforce within the main to close out the Republicans, after which they run in opposition to one another within the basic. They need to each be attacking Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco proper now, not one another. Will somebody please clarify to them how a jungle main works?
D.W. Kreger, Littlerock, Calif.
