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    California, Rich In Delegates, Takes On New Importance For Crowded Democratic Field

    Fourteen presidential candidates will descend on San Francisco this weekend, underscoring California's new role as a key early primary state.
    by Scott Detrow May 28, 2019 3 minutes
    Sen. Kamala Harris will hold a distinct advantage in the 2020 California primary: she's run and won three statewide elections, and has high name recognition among voters in the state. Harris launched her presidential campaign in Oakland on Jan. 27.

    This weekend, 14 presidential candidates will converge on San Francisco for the California Democratic Party's annual convention.

    It will be the largest gathering of presidential contenders so far, and the latest sign that California's days of bringing up the rear of the presidential primary calendar are long gone.

    California will hold its primary on March 3, along with several other states that will vote in a super-charged Super Tuesday. But California will play an even more outsized role

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