# Unpacking the 2026 California Primary

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/kqed-s-forum-910728/unpacking-the-2026-california-primary
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/kqed-s-forum-910728/unpacking-the-2026-california-primary.md
Podcast: [KQED's Forum](https://stenobird.com/podcast/kqed-s-forum-910728)
Published: 2026-06-03T19:09:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC9906964044.mp3
Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC9906964044.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kqed-s-forum-910728/episodes/unpacking-the-2026-california-primary
Duration seconds: 3281

## Resource

California voters cast their ballots in key races across the state on Tuesday, with the race to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom drawing a massive field of candidates. We break down that race, in which Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer led the pack of Democrats facing off against Republican frontrunner Steve Hilton, and look at results for the state’s Congressional primaries, including the race to succeed former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Join us for a recap of the results and what they mean going into November’s general election. Guests: Marisa Lagos, politics correspondent, KQED; co-host, KQED's Political Breakdown Guy Marzorati, correspondent, KQED's California Politics and Government Desk Sydney Johnson, general assignment reporter, KQED News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kqed-s-forum-910728/episodes/unpacking-the-2026-california-primary/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/kqed-s-forum-910728/unpacking-the-2026-california-primary.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.