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    The GOP Circus Comes to California

    The last time California’s June primary election mattered in a presidential year, it was 1972, when Democrat George McGovern defeated Vice President Hubert Humphrey. This year, the state with the largest number of delegates could make a difference to the GOP.

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    By Warren Olney • Apr 29, 2016 • 6m Listen

    The last time California’s June primary election mattered in a presidential year, it was 1972, when Democrat George McGovern defeated Vice President Hubert Humphrey. This year, the state with the largest number of delegates could make a difference to the GOP. Mike Madrid is a Republican political consultant at the firm Grassroots Labs and a student of Latino voting trends.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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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 3
    Do We Need a White House Press Corps?
    1. 1:51The GOP Circus Comes to CaliforniaYou’re reading this
    2. 8:42Is the White House Press Corps Really Necessary?
    3. 42:55Animals Are Masters of Chernobyl's Poisoned Land
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