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Source: Richard Park/Bay Citizen

As voters head to the polls Tuesday – or, for the most part, stay away – the lasting message of this desultory primary season seems to be this: A shot at the governor’s mansion costs roughly $100 million. The price of securing an energy monopoly is $46 million. And a chance to win a Senate seat comes relatively cheap: $5.5 million.Read more

Source: Seema Mehta/Los Angeles Times

California Republicans racing Saturday to clinch their party's nominations tried to ride the frustration of an angry electorate, claiming as they campaigned across the state that they represent their party's best chance to defeat Democrats who have been in power for decades.Read more

Source: Stu Woo/Wall Street Journal

In many states this year, candidates have won primary elections by appealing to the most ideologically driven voters. That strategy isn't working out for California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner.

Going into Tuesday's state primary, Mr. Poizner, the state's Republican insurance commissioner, has staked out more conservative stances than his chief rival, former eBay Inc. Chief Executive Meg Whitman, on key GOP issues such as illegal immigration and tax cuts.Read more

Source: Jim Miller/Riverside Press-Enterprise

Meg Whitman continues to hold a large lead over Steve Poizner in the Republican race for governor, a new poll shows, with the big-bucks fight leaving almost a fifth of the GOP electorate undecided heading into Tuesday's primary election.

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