California generally holds two statewide elections in even-numbered years for candidates seeking state and federal offices—a primary in June and a general election in November.

These political contests—such as those for governor and members of Congress—are partisan, which means that most candidates are associated with a political party.

There’s a huge price to pay, when candidates engage in the arduous task of keenly wooing monetary commitments from the one percent of wealthy Americans who do the vast majority of the contributing; a price that has long been argued as being at the expense of what’s in the best interest of “Joe and Jane” Public.