Gatto-Ramani runoff

A runoff between Democrat Mike Gatto and Republican Sunder Ramani to fill a vacant Assembly seat representing the east San Fernando Valley is one of the few elections on California primary ballots Tuesday that will put someone right into office. Kevin Modesti in the Daily News,

It sounds simple, but little about the Assembly's 43rd District contest has ever been simple.

Ramani and Gatto, both first-time candidates, advanced to the runoff after they were the leading vote-getters in an April special election, although neither received an outright majority.