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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    After Indiana, California Primary ‘Irrelevant’ Once Again

    Political pundits, the media, and perhaps Ted Cruz and John Kasich thought there would be a real fight for California’s Republican delegates, and that the state’s primary would matter for the first time in decades.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 4, 2016 • 1 min read

    Political pundits, the media, and perhaps Ted Cruz and John Kasich thought there would be a real fight for California’s Republican delegates, and that the state’s primary would matter for the first time in decades. However, after winning in Indiana Tuesday, Donald Trump is the last Republican standing; that means the golden state is back to being irrelevant in the GOP race for the White House. How does the California Republican party move forward? What does Trump at the top of the ticket mean for the down-ballot races?

    The full episode

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    Will California Republicans Come Around to Trump?
    1. 0:30After Indiana, California Primary ‘Irrelevant’ Once AgainYou’re reading this
    2. 7:02LA Cleans Up at the John Beard Awards
    3. 13:02'The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight'
    4. 27:56How to Focus on One Thing in a Multitasking World?
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Mike Madrid

      Republican strategist and author of “The Latino Century: How America’s Largest Minority Is Transforming Democracy”

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Will California Republicans Come Around to Trump?
    1. 0:30After Indiana, California Primary ‘Irrelevant’ Once AgainYou’re reading this
    2. 7:02LA Cleans Up at the John Beard Awards
    3. 13:02'The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight'
    4. 27:56How to Focus on One Thing in a Multitasking World?
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand