Tom Fudge: Yesterday, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders faced a referendum on his work as mayor of San Diego. And winning 54 percent of the vote gave him the vote of confidence he sought. Sanders faced what seemed to be a very strong challenge from local businessman, and former politician, Steve Francis. Francis spent millions of dollars getting his name before the public and criticizing Sanders, but in the end, it only got him 35 percent of the vote. Winning more than half of the primary vote means there will be no general election, in the race for San Diego mayor. Jerry Sanders has won outright.
Yesterday also provided big news on the national front. Voters in South Dakota and Montana went to the polls to vote in their Presidential primaries, and the Democratic vote was split. South Dakota went for Clinton, Montana went for Obama. But the wrap-up of the primary season was reason enough for superdelegates to throw their support to the front-runner, Barack Obama, and give him the democratic nomination.
Guests
- Gloria Penner , KPBS Political Correspondent and host of Editors Roundtable on KPBS. You can read her weekly blog Political Fix on our website at KPBS.org.
- Carl Luna , professor of political science at San Diego Mesa College, and author of the Political Lunacy blog for San Diego CityBEAT .
- Alison St. John , reporter for KPBS News.
- Andrew Phelps , reporter for KPBS News.
