The latest assessments of the race are a huge silver lining for Democrats after Eric Swalwell, the party's leading candidate, exited the race in scandal.
Joe Garofoli is the San Francisco Chronicle’s senior political writer, covering national and state politics. He has worked at The Chronicle since 2000 and in Bay Area journalism since 1992, when he left the Milwaukee Journal. He is the host of “It’s ... [558 chars]