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It's Election Day and CapRadio reporters have been talking to Sacramentans about their feelings on the primary. Here's what people had to say:
Alina Rahman, 28, Land Park resident, state worker
Alina Rahman outside a coffee shop near Sacramento’s Land Park neighborhood. June 1, 2026.Laura Fitzgerald/CapRadio
“I care about the well-being of state workers and pay raises and return to office, so I would like to see a governor candidate who acknowledges the workers who fuel California’s economy, and I know that’s not only state workers, but we are the ones working in all the departments that fuel the government.”
Jeff, 47, Downtown Sacramento resident, veteran
Retired veteran and downtown Sacramento resident Jeff, 47, Thursday, May 28, 2026, at East Portal Park in East Sacramento.Gerardo Zavala/CapRadio
“I’m just looking at California as a whole getting worse and worse… The jobs are leaving, crime and homelessness are increasing. Although out in the Midwest, I’m seeing things getting really nice out there. I’m planning on moving out there myself.”
Jazely Peña, 30, Midtown resident, mental health professional
Jazely Peña, a 30-year-old Midtown Sacramento resident and mental health professional, poses for a portrait outside Tupi Coffee on Friday, May 29, 2026. Peña says her mother's immigration from Mexico has shaped how she views issues like immigration.Tony Rodriguez/CapRadio
“My mom was born in Sinaloa. She came here when she was 18. I spent a lot of time in Mexico and grew up in a Spanish-speaking household. It's definitely important to think about immigration and how we're being treated moving forward. Growing up, it was never something that we talked about until Trump. Then we started talking more about politics. I think I've seen more of a push to vote because of all of the injustices that have been seen.”
Carissa Dodge, 42, Midtown resident, social worker
Carissa Dodge and her husband, James Dodge, outside a coffee shop near Sacramento’s Land Park neighborhood. June 1, 2026.Laura Fitzgerald/CapRadio
“I just felt like we got so overwhelmed with so many Democratic nominees [for governor] that it was really hard to kind of weed through all of them and I really hate that about the Democratic Party because I feel like they just can’t get it together.”
Christopher Garland, 39, Sacramento resident, unhoused
Christopher Garland in Oak Park across from Aggie Square.Riley Palmer/CapRadio
“I’ve actually never voted. The last time I was gonna vote, that was about six years ago, I went to the wrong district. I’m in transit and based off that, I haven’t... My main focus is unity. When there's unity I believe a society will [thrive]. And so that's what, that's what I would focus on, is unifying everyone so we'll be on the same page.”
Marcie Linggi, retired nurse, and Chris Linggi, high school instructor, East Sacramento residents
East Sacramento couple Marcie and Chris Linggi Thursday, May 28, 2026, at East Portal Park in East Sacramento. The two were born and raised in Sacramento and have lived in the neighborhood for nearly seven decades.Gerardo Zavala/CapRadio
“It’s not really a matter of left or right, it’s like who’s going to be honest. We’ve got the fourth largest economy on the planet and there’s homeless people a block from here. Why? It doesn’t make sense.” -Marcie Linggi
“Now colleges are having to reteach basic math. Everybody gets A’s, they get sent to college and they can’t perform… The last few years [I’ve been] teaching at a high school construction trades, It’s very frustrating because nobody could read a tape measure to save their life, and these are seniors in high school who can’t do fractions… You try to take their phone away from them and it’s like you’re killing them.” -Chris Linggi
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