Joe Simitian long had his eye on a seat in Congress. It would have been a fine way to cap his 40-year political career. "I viewed it as an opportunity to improve the lives of the people I represent in a different way at a different level," the Silicon Valley Democrat said. Little did he know. On election night, March 5, Simitian was running second in a field of 11 candidates vying for a Bay Area House seat. Under California's top-two primary system, that meant a spot in November's runoff against... Read this story
