TESELLE, KCRA 3 NEWS. TY: MIKE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR COVERING THAT. WE GO TOUR O COMMITMEN 2T022 COVERAGE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE 25 DAYS AWAY FROM JEUN CALIFORNIA'S PRIMARY ELECTION DAY. >> BALLOTS SHOULD START ARRIVING IN YOUR MAILBOX THIS WEEK AND WE, OF COURSE, WANTS TO GET YOU PREPARED FOR THE PRIMARY AND TO DO THAT, WE'RE JOINED LIVE WITH LIALTT ANALYST, MIKE LAURIE. IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU AGN.AI >> INDEED, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> GOOD TO HAVE YOU INHE T STUDIO. >> LET'S DIG RIGHT IN. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RACE THAT IS ARE GENERATINGHE T MOST INTEREST. THE REPORTER: PROBABLY THE ATTOEYRN GENER'SAL RACE, ROB BONTA WAS THE INCUMBENT APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND HE'LL BE FACING A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR THAT RE.AC PROBABLY THE MOST INTERESTING CHALLEERNG IS ANN MARIE SHOE BERTH, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR SACRAMENTO, SHE HAS A LOT OF NAME RECOGNITION, PROBABLY MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER CASE, THE COLD CASE UNIT WAS THE ONE THAT CRACKED ATTH. I REMEMBER COVERING THE TRIAL ON THAT. ITAS W EXTENSIVELY COVERED IN SACRAMENTO. SO SHE'S GOING TO GET A LOT OF PLAY OUT OF THATND A SHE HAS TO GET ADVERTISING AND OTHER REVENUE SOURCES TO BECOME SORT OF A STEDETA CANDIDATE, BUT SHE'S RUNNING AS AN INDEPENDENT AND NO PARTY PREFERENCE. SHE USED TO BE A REPUBLICAN, SHE RENOUNCED THAT, NOW AN INDEPENDENT, THAT WILL BE INTERESTING. SHE HAS A COUPLE OF OERTH CHALLENGERS, ROB BONTA DOES, NATHAN HOFFMAN, WHO WAS THE FOERRM U.S. ATTORNEY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ERIC EARLY AS WELL, WHO HAS RUN FOR THE POST FOBERE, HE IS A REPUBLICAN, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY CROWDED RACE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF NAMES THERE,UT B SOME THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE ON THE BALLOT WHICH ARE NOW ARRIVING IN T MHEAIL THIS WEEK. >> THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER RACES TOO. THE REAC F STATE COMPTROLLER. >>N I THE STATE COMPTROLLER RACE, WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTING CANDIDATE. MALIA COHEN, YOU SEE SOME OF HER ADS ONV T ALREADY, VERY MUCH OUT THERE. SHE' AS DEMOCRAT, SHE'S PROCLAIMING THAT,ND A ADVERTISING AS WELL. BUT SHE'S GOT A LOT OF CHALLENGERS AS WELL, INCLUDING STEVE GLAZER, WHO IS A STATE SENATOR FROM THE BAY AREA, IE'V INTERVIEWED HIM MANY TIMES BEFORE IN THE PAST. HE'S INTERESTED IN THAT PT.OS ALSO, WE HAVE RON G ALPRI, A L.A. CITY CAPITOLLER AND THE LONNIE CHIN, WHO HAS SERVED AS A POLITILCA ANALYST,UT B ALSO SERVED WITH THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND ROMNEY, HE WAS PART OF THE ROMNEY CAMPGNAI ABOUT A DECADE OR SO AGO, HE'S TGO SOME CHOPS THERE. REPUBLICANS LIKE HIM AND THINK HE MIGHT BE THE BEST CHANCE TO GET A STATEWIDE OFFICE. TY: A LOT OF CANDIDATES TO KEEP AN EYEN. O ANOTHER INTERESTING HEADLINE OUT OF THE BALTLO IS ALEX PADILLA WILL BE ON THERE TWICE, WHAT'S THAT WILL MIKE? >> TEEHR TIMES, MAYBE EVEN FOUR TIMES, IT'S SORT OF AN ANOMALY IN TERMS OF CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS, BURR BASICALLY HE WAS THE APPOINTED U.S. SENATOR, AS YOU KNOW, BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM, SO HE'S RUNNING FOR THE UNEX EXPIRED RMTE OF PAMELA HARRIS, WHO IS NOW OF COURSE, VICE-PRESIDENT AND HE'S GOT TTHA RACE THAT WILL BE IN JUNE, AND THEN ALSO IN NOVEMBER, BUT HSE' ALSO GOT THE OPEN SEAT, THAT STARTS IN JANUY.AR BOTH TERMS END IN JANUARY, JANUARY IS WHEN TSHI ONE ENDS, THE ONE HE'S FILLING AND THEN THE FULL TERM, COMING UP AINGA IN JANUARY. SO YOU'LL SEE HIS NAME ON THE BALLOT MULTIPLE TIMES. TY: SO INTERESTG.IN >> WILL PROBABLY CAUSE A LOT OF CONFUSION FOR VOTERS. TY: I WOULD IMAGINE SO. >> TALK ABOUT WHAT IS THE RACE HE'S ACTUAYLL RUNNING FOR, SO WHAT SHOULD VOTERS BE FOCUSEDN O IF THEY CHOOSE TO SUPPORT H.IM >> HE'S RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATE, TRYING TO TREE TINA FAY HIS SEAT, THE CRENTUR U.S. SENATOR FROM CALIFORNIA, THE JUNIOR SENATOR ALONG WITH DIANNE FEINSTEIN,O H SE'S RUN TO GO FULFILL THAT SEAT, WHICH GOES THROUGH JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR AND THEN THERE'S AN ONPE SEAT THAT STARTS IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEA THAT HE'S RUNNING ASEL WL, TWO DOZEN CANDIDATES OR MORE. T: WHEN 20 COMES TO THIS POSITION OF ALEX PADILLA BEING IN, IT'S A HUGE CHALLENGE AS FAR AS MESSAGING AND MARKETING, WHAT DOES HE DO ABOUT THAT? >> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, THERE'S A GREAT MISTAKE TTHA HAPPENED IN THE CAMPAN IGAND THIS IS THE MISTAKE. IT'S THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND ENDORSEMENT, YOU'LL SEE IT H AAS LOT OF NAMES HERE, GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND OTHERS, BUT ALEX PADILLA'S NAMES I NOT ON THE LIST BECAUSE THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY MEADN A ERROR. THEY FORGOT TO MAIL IN THREI ENDORSEMENT TO THE COUNTY REGISTERS ACROSS THE STATE, SO YOU WON'T SEE HIS NAME ONHE T BALLOT HERE OR ON THE FLYER. >> WOW. >> IT'S CLEARLY, MAY NOT HEL--P MAY NOT HURT HIM VERY MUCH IN THE LONG RUN, BUT CERTAINLY A MIEDSS OPPORTUNITY. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> UNFORCED ERROR. >> ANOTHER THING WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, AXLE PADILLA, WHY ARE CALIFORNIA'S VOTING MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THE SAME U.S. SENATE SEAT. >> BECAUSE OF THE ANOMALY OF THE CALIFORNIA RE,AC BASICALLY, HE'S FILLING PAMELA HARRIS' SEAT, SO HE'S GOT TO RUN FOR THAT AND ALSOUN R AGAIN FOR HIS OWN SEAT, SO IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT HE WAS APPOINTED TO THAT POST AND AS A RESULT, HE'S GOT TO RUN IN T RACES CONCURRENTLY AT THE SAME TIME. >> SO MUCH FOR VOTERS TO KNOW. TY: SO MUCH NO KNOW. I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR PSEUDORETIREMENT, NO TIME FOR TH,AT BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY THROW SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK AND GIVE PEOPLE ANPD