Rep. Brad Sherman topped Rep. Howard Berman by 10 points, 42 percent to 32 percent, in a member-versus-member race that pitted two liberal Los Angeles Democrats against each other. Berman had been the favorite going in, but it’s not the final chapter: Thanks to California’s jungle primary system, the two will both advance to the general election.Berman and Sherman were shoehorned into the same seat after the latest round of redistricting, producing one of the most closely watched primary races of the election cycle. Berman, 71, is best known for his work on foreign policy as a fixture of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on which Sherman, 57, also serves. Berman was elected in 1982; Sherman in 1996. The newly redrawn district contains more of Sherman’s old district than Berman’s.
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