SACRAMENTO, Calif. — You won't read this very often: A Republican is favored to win a California statewide election.
Lanhee Chen is likely to finish first in the June 7 primary and advance to the November runoff for state controller. But then the odds are he'll turn into a pumpkin and lose to a Democrat.
That said, he has the best chance of any Republican in many years to capture a statewide office in Democrat-dominant California.