In Democrat-only Senate race, Republicans become swing votes

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican candidates were shut out in the race for California’s open U.S. Senate seat, but GOP voters could play a key role in November in determining which of two Democratic women goes to Washington.
Attorney General Kamala Harris won a commanding victory in Tuesday’s primary to claim one of two runoff spots, winning all but a handful of the state’s 58 counties.
Fellow Democrat Loretta Sanchez, a member of the House representing an area of Orange Coun