California AG’s wife leads in race for his old Assembly seat

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The wife of California’s new attorney general is leading in her race for his old Assembly seat. Mia Bonta was backed in Tuesday’s special general election by a powerful coalition that her challenger says makes her beholden to corporate interests. Bonta and fellow Democrat Janani Ramachandran are vying for the San Francisco Bay Area state Assembly seat vacated by Rob Bonta. He left the Legislature in April after Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed him to fill the state’s top law enforcement post. In early returns, Mia Bonta has just over 55% of the vote, compared to about 45% for Ramachandran, with about 46,000 votes counted.