good evening. welcome to kqed newsroom. i m scott schaefer. tonight with an election day less than three weeks away, a look at california elections. how we vote and the person who oversees the whole process, the secretary of state. vying for the top elections job is ron padilla, a state senator from los angeles, and pete peterson who runs an institute at pepperdine university. joining me now from sacramento, government editor john meyers. john, you moderated a debate last week between these two gentlemen. tell us, first of all, what do you see as the key differences between them? you know, scott, i think really the key difference is outside or inside? alex padilla has been in the legislature for years in the state senate. he knows how government works in sacramento. has been involved in issues more this year than he has in the past. pete peterson, a republican would shake things up. republicans haven t won an election in eight years in california. i think that experienc
good evening. welcome to kqed newsroom. i m scott schaefer. tonight with an election day less than three weeks away, a look at california elections. how we vote and the person who oversees the whole process, the secretary of state. vying for the top elections job is ron padilla, a state senator from los angeles, and pete peterson who runs an institute at pepperdine university. joining me now from sacramento, government editor john meyers. john, you moderated a debate last week between these two gentlemen. tell us, first of all, what do you see as the key differences between them? you know, scott, i think really the key difference is outside or inside? alex padilla has been in the legislature for years in the state senate. he knows how government works in sacramento. has been involved in issues more this year than he has in the past. pete peterson, a republican would shake things up. republicans haven t won an election in eight years in california. i think that experienc
good evening. welcome to kqed newsroom. i m scott schaefer. tonight with an election day less than three weeks away, a look at california elections. how we vote and the person who oversees the whole process, the secretary of state. vying for the top elections job is ron padilla, a state senator from los angeles, and pete peterson who runs an institute at pepperdine university. joining me now from sacramento, government editor john meyers. john, you moderated a debate last week between these two gentlemen. tell us, first of all, what do you see as the key differences between them? you know, scott, i think really the key difference is outside or inside? alex padilla has been in the legislature for years in the state senate. he knows how government works in sacramento. has been involved in issues more this year than he has in the past. pete peterson, a republican would shake things up. republicans haven t won an election in eight years in california. i think that experienc
good evening. welcome to kqed newsroom. i m scott schaefer. tonight with an election day less than three weeks away, a look at california elections. how we vote and the person who oversees the whole process, the secretary of state. vying for the top elections job is ron padilla, a state senator from los angeles, and pete peterson who runs an institute at pepperdine university. joining me now from sacramento, government editor john meyers. john, you moderated a debate last week between these two gentlemen. tell us, first of all, what do you see as the key differences between them? you know, scott, i think really the key difference is outside or inside? alex padilla has been in the legislature for years in the state senate. he knows how government works in sacramento. has been involved in issues more this year than he has in the past. pete peterson, a republican would shake things up. republicans haven t won an election in eight years in california. i think that experienc