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GOP Sen. Vidak chalks up big lead over Democratic challenger in primary

Andy Vidak, center, at a public appearance in Hanford, Calif., in November 2010.
Andy Vidak, center, at a public appearance in Hanford, Calif., in November 2010.
(Craig Kohlruss / Associated Press)
By Patrick McGreevy
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Reporting from Sacramento — 

Republican state Sen. Andy Vidak showed a large lead over Democratic challenger Luis Chavez in Tuesday’s primary contest, a rehearsal for the November general election in which the two will square off again.

Vidak is a Hanford cherry farmer who won a special election for a Senate seat in July 2013 after Democratic Sen. Michael Rubio resigned to take a private-sector job.

Chavez is a member of the Fresno Unified School District Board.

Redistricting for the new 14th Senate District gave a distinct edge to Democrats, who make up 47% of its registered voters, while Republicans have 30%.

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The race is one of three targeted by Democrats as they try to regain a supermajority in the Senate this year.

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Patrick McGreevy

Patrick McGreevy covered the California Legislature out of the Sacramento bureau until 2021. He joined the Los Angeles Times in 1998 and worked in the City Hall and San Fernando Valley bureaus, writing about subjects including Valley secession, LAPD reform and city government during the administrations of Mayors Richard Riordan, James Hahn and Antonio Villaraigosa. He is a native of San Diego and a graduate of San Jose State University.

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