In a bit, the two major-party candidates for Senate here in the Golden State, incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer and Republican challenger Carly Fiorina. If you have questions for the candidates, you can email us now, talk@npr.org. Later in the program, a look back at San Francisco's immigration station at Angel Island. But first, the political junkie, Ken Rudin, joins us here in the studios of member station KQED in San Francisco. And Ken, as usual, we begin with a trivia question. KEN Hi, Neal, but before we begin, I want to thank KQED for allowing us to use their studios. And also, I was in KPCC Pasadena earlier in the week, and they love the show, too. So maybe the two stations could fight it out who likes it better. Okay, we'd certainly go for that. Here's a trivia question. Since we're in California, name the last person in California to have won the nominations for governor, senator and the House. Now, they don't necessarily have to have been victorious in November, but they were the nominees for the Senate, the governorship and the House in California. So if you think you know the last major-party candidate for governor, Senate and the House of Representatives from the state of California, all three, give us a call, 800-989-8255.
Email us, talk@npr.org. And of course, the winner will get a fabulous no-prize T-shirt. And Ken, we're going to go every Wednesday until Election Day with a snapshot of the balance of power as the polls make it look right now for the House and the Senate. Well, right now, I mean, there are a lot of Democrats talking about a subtle shift, although subtle is the key word there, in their direction. They think that President Obama is trying to bring out the faithful who came out for him in 2008 but have shown reluctance in 2010, and all the momentum seems to be on the Republicans' side.
And Ken, there is Democratic lawyers involved in this. Any indication that this is in any way connected to the Brown campaign? Well, there is no evidence of any connection to the Brown campaign. Of course, Gloria Allred, who nominally I guess is a Democrat and has supported progressive causes, was the one who, you know, trotted out Nikki Diaz at a press conference last week. Well, yes, but there's a big difference between the Senate race, and in the Senate race, there was a recent L.A. Times poll that showed Hispanics pretty much comfortably for Barbara Boxer over Carly Fiorina. In the governor's race, much closer. They did not seem to be so crazy about Jerry Brown, and Meg Whitman clearly said she needs the Latino vote if she's going to become governor, and she thought that debate would give her an opening. But now everybody's talking - what everybody's talking about now is not immigration or the $19 billion budget deficit but Nannygate. We're talking with NPR's political junkie Ken Rudin. We have some people on thttp://www.outedsionbulb.comhe line who think they know the answer to this <a href="">Edison bulb</a>, and that is the last person in the state of California, major party nominee for the House of Representatives, the United States Senate and governor of the state of California. And let's see if we can go to this is Suzie(ph), Suzie with us from Norman, Oklahoma.