Gary Andrew Poole

Journalist. Contributes to @Guardian @Esquire @theatlantic + many others. Authored two biographies. Pitches: gp5 [at] proton [dot] com

[Joel Pollak @joelpollak]

If Raman takes second and Pratt does not qualify for the general election, after days upon days of thinking he would, it will be the political equivalent of watching the Palisades burn again. If you can’t hold leaders accountable for their failures, then democracy does not exist.

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

It's hard to overstate how much of an outlier California is for its slow vote-counting relative to literally any other state or almost any other industrialized democracy.

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

Keep in mind that if you're defending Platner at this point you're signing up for 5 more months of defending an obvious pathological liar.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Even if a Democrat is likely to win it in the end, the California governor’s race has been a fiasco for the party—“and in ways that reflect an ongoing dysfunction that has become a feature of the party in recent years,” @MarkLeibovich argues: https://t.co/531bBmeBRg

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

Scott Pelley just issued a statement on Bari's remarks this morning:

[Gary Andrew Poole @orangerose]

@KarenBassLA Palisades?

[Chris Cillizza @ChrisCillizza]

The California election ended almost two days ago.

There is still less than 56% of the vote counted.

COME ON MAN.

[Mike Solana @micsolana]

huge anomaly for the incumbent mayor of los angeles not to win outright in a bid for reelection. since 77, the only other example is hahn, and he was a democrat dragged into the general by another democrat.

[Alexandra Datig | Front Page Index 🇺🇸 @alexdatig]

CNN Panel on Karen Bass: ‘A Terribly Wounded Incumbent,’ ‘Poster-Child for Failed Democratic Governance’

[Gary Andrew Poole @orangerose]

Yep.

[Ian Miller @ianmSC]

In case you were wondering how much people in Pacific Palisades hate Karen Bass for allowing their town to the burn to the ground and how awful the "rebuilding" is going with her as mayor, Spencer Pratt is currently winning there by 46 points

[Karen Tumulty @ktumulty]

Only two incumbent LA mayors since 1973 have found themselves in her situation, facing a runoff for re-election. Both lost.: https://t.co/avEIxTvj0g

[Sam Yebri @samyebri]

Angelenos, while the run-off for Mayor will get outsized attention, don’t forget that LA has a weak mayor system.

The future of LA depends on whether Council candidates Tim Gaspar & Jose Ugarte and City Attorney candidate John McKinney prevail over their DSA endorsed opponents.

[Gary Andrew Poole @orangerose]

@LAMaterial__ A "good night"?! 😂She is the incumbent and 65 percent of the voters rejected her. A good night would have been winning, not going to a runoff.

[Justin Gordon @Justin_G0rd0n]

“People in this district know the difference between rhetoric and reality,” Park said…“You all know who shows up in the hard times, and tonight we are proving again that common sense still has a place in city hall.” -@TraciParkForLA https://t.co/14itd962TN

[Ashley Zavala @ZavalaA]

Despite dropping his bid for governor amid sexual assault allegations, more than 16k people have so far voted for Eric Swalwell.

[Gary Andrew Poole @orangerose]

What a disastrous election for @MayorOfLA. A runoff IS a defeat. She’s the incumbent and has a political machine backing her. Why didn’t she win outright? she ran a terrible campaign and is really, really, really bad at governing.

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has advanced to the November runoff in her bid for reelection. https://t.co/JNKJPuXDzk

[BORED @BoredElonMusk]

If it takes weeks to count pieces of paper, imagine how long it takes to rebuild 7000 homes that burned down.

[Gary Andrew Poole @orangerose]

Also: embarrassing.

[Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk @LACountyRRCC]

“You will likely hear from some big voices, some loud voices, that it’s crazy…that it takes this long for votes to be counted. I want to emphasize that it’s not stupid. It’s not crazy. It’s actually the law in California.”

[David Frum @davidfrum]

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[Rosie Memos @almostjingo]

In California they are NO LONGER ACCEPTING BALLOTS in Burbank at Lincoln Park because the box is full? They said they called the County 3 hours ago to empty it. What a failure @CASOSVote!