California wants to be first — no, not first, but up near the first — in line to vote in the 2020 presidential primaries.

Or at least some Californians do, Democratic members of the overwhelmingly Democratic legislature who have passed a law in the state Senate and are giving it serious consideration in the Assembly. Secretary of State Alex Padilla, a Democrat, has endorsed the bill. It would set California’s presidential (and state) primary for the third Tuesday in March and would give the governor authority to change the date so that California votes right after the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.

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