Who? He is 51 years old, the first fact Jason Palmer wants voters to know from his campaign website. Palmer edged President Biden, who is 30 years his senior, 51 votes to 40 in the U.S. territory, the Associated Press reports. Each candidate won three delegates.

Further details on Palmer's site indicates he is an entrepreneur, "impact" investor and philanthropist who has "served in executive and leadership positions" at such organizations as Microsoft, Kaplan Education, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and New Markets Venture Partners.

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Porter or Garvey for Runoff?

MON-TUE 3/4-5/24

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has a “clear advantage” in California’s primary Super Tuesday to replace the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) in a runoff this November, Politico reports. Schiff scores 24% in the primary race, according to the Public Policy Institute of California’s latest poll of the top-two race March 5.

Fellow California Democratic Rep. Katie Porter is running second at 19%, but with a margin-of-error margin over Republican Steve Garvey, at 18%. Garvey was a first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers and later the San Diego Padres, retiring in 1987. 

Schiff would rather run against Garvey for the November 5 general election, though the assumption that California is “deep blue” is overblown, ignoring the inland districts like former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who served nine terms – er, eight-and-a-half – as congressman for the district that includes Bakersfield.

See the right column for a list of states’ primaries on Super Tuesday.

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