Johanna Maska
Press Advance
Did California Just Make it Easier For the GOP to Nominate Donald Trump to a Second Term?
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Did California Just Make it Easier For the GOP to Nominate Donald Trump to a Second Term?

Johanna Maska takes a look at the California Republican Executive Committee’s vote to rewrite the rules of the state's delegate distribution—a move that gives an edge to the current frontrunner, former President Donald Trump. The party adopted new rules that give all of the state’s delegates to any candidate if they receive more than 50% of the primary vote. But if the candidate doesn’t pass that threshold, they walk away with a proportional number, based on vote tallies. She speaks to Sean Spicer, former White House press secretary and longtime RNC strategist and Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times political reporter, who first broke the story about the Sunshine State shaking up its rules. With Spicer, Maska starts to dig a little deeper into how the rule changes are playing out in states across the United States and why it matters for America’s choices in the 2024 election cycle.

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Johanna Maska
Press Advance
Johanna Maska takes a fresh look at how we make political progress. As Director of Press Advance for President Obama’s White House and one of his early campaign staffers, Maska knows what it takes to move the needle on the national stage and in the presidential primaries. She takes us past the talking points to look at what it will take to make progress in today’s polarized political environment.