Just as interesting is why the Times does not like the “reform” candidates in the race: Like Peterson, Derek Cressman, a Democrat, has excellent qualifications for the job. As an executive with the good-government group Common Cause, Cressman advocated for … Continue reading LA Times Endorses Pete Peterson, Only [Major] Republican Preference Candidate for Secretary of State, Because He Would Focus on “the More Mundane Tasks of the Job”