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Rocky Chavez (Rich Pedroncelli / AP)

Moderate Latino Republican Considers Run to Replace Boxer

Controversial Republican California Assemblymember Rocky Chavez has joined the ranks of those considering a run for United States Senate, filling the seat that liberal Democrat Barbara Boxer now holds, and from which she will be retiring in 2017. In a short

Maria Shriver (AP)

Can An Independent Win Boxer’s Seat?

Now that U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer has announced she will retire rather than run for reelection in 2016, and rumors of Republican and Democratic candidates for her seat abound, at least one California politico believes that an independent candidate might sneak through and win election, due to the top-two primary system in the state.