San Francisco’s Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic House leader, has said that “the road to the majority runs through California,” and she and her colleagues have entertained hopes of picking up a half-dozen or more seats in California while seeking the 25-seat national gain they need to make her speaker once again.

On Wednesday, Democratic and Republican congressional campaign operatives were spinning Tuesday’s primary election results. Democrats were claiming “the results are clear” and they “have the opportunity to pick up four to six seats” while their Republican counterparts, citing Pelosi’s statement, said, “Democrats drove off the cliff last night.”

Spin aside, Tuesday’s

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