'The Dumocrats are at it again': Trump attack on California election offers midterm preview

By: Jonathan Shorman

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: June 11, 2026

Words: 1,389

Last Updated: 13 hours, 17 minutes ago


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California often takes days or even weeks to tally votes after its elections, a product of measures to protect voters and a deluge of mail ballots dropped off on Election Day. Incomplete vote totals reported in the hours after polls close don’t always reflect final results.

None of this is evidence of fraud. But President Donald Trump has spent more than a week baselessly alleging malfeasance in California’s June 2 primary election, in which votes were …

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