"But more than 20 other states moved their primaries up, too, and California, if not the afterthought it was in previous elections, was marginalized yet again.
Now, Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign legislation moving next year's presidential primary back to June, consolidating it with the statewide primary election.
'We've learned that shifting a date doesn't matter,' said Jaime Regalado, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs at California State University, Los Angeles. 'Only if we had a more competitive balance between the two parties, then I think we would play a larger role … Then they simply wouldn't drop in, parachute in to get money, and leave.'"
California set to move its presidential primary back to June
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