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GUEST: Steven Hill, Director of the Political Reform Program at the New America Foundation, and author of “Ten Steps to Repair American Democracy.”

Californian voters chose incumbent Arnold Schwarzenegger for Governor by 56% in yesterday’s election. Democrat Phil Angelides won 39% of the vote with the Green Party’s Peter Camejo only drawing 2%. Democrats Jerry Brown and Bill Lockyer won their races for Attorney General and State Treasurer respectively. Among the ballot measures, all 5 bond measures for infrastructure improvement, won. Proposition 89, the campaign finance law written by the California Nurses Association, lost by 74.5% to 25.5%. Proposition 85, the Parental Notification of Minor’s Pregnancy measure, also lost by 54.1% to 45.9%. Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein won an easy victory with 60% of the vote. The Republican candidate Dick Mountjoy won 35%, and the Green Party’s Todd Chretien won 2%.