CALIFORNIA FOCUS OF ELECTION TODAY

State is the biggest prize sought by presidential contenders; Senate field to narrow With about 10% of early ballots submitted in the primary, voters have plenty to consider

WASHINGTON » With Super Tuesday here, presidential campaigns are eyeing the biggest prize of the day, the California primary.

Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican front-runner Donald Trump both hope that California — and contests in other states — can help them turn the corner toward the nomination and focus on their expected general election rematch in November.

In the Democratic primary, Biden faces challenges from Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota and self-help author Marianne Williamson, who reentered the nomination race Wednesday after dropping out three weeks earlier. In the Republican primary, Trump once again faces former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, who scored her first victory Sunday in the Washington, D.C., primary but faces a tough electoral map today.

The highest profile state race in California is the one to fill the seat held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The crowded field of candidates includes Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee, Katie Porter and Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey, a former baseball star.

After weeks of robocalls, mounds of flyers filling mailboxes and campaign signs cluttering up front yards throughout Los Angeles County, the day has finally arrived: It's election day.

So if you haven't voted yet, now is the time.

And it appears plenty of people haven't voted yet. The Los Angeles County registrar's office had received 519,790 vote-bymail ballots through Sunday, according to the California secretary of state's office; 39,396 people had cast ballots at the county's regional vote centers.

With about 5.7 million registered voters in L.A. County, that comes out to a turnout of nearly 10% through Sunday. Of the approximately 6.5 million eligible voters,

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS President Joe Biden, left, faces two challengers (not pictured) in the Democratic presidential primary today with California's 424pledged Democratic delegates at stake. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley are running for the Republican nomination, with 169delegates to be awarded. Super Tuesday will feature elections in 15states.

HANS GUTKNECHT — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Cindy Martinez drops off her ballot at the Old Town Newhall Library in Santa Clarita on Monday. Drop boxes and vote centers will be open until 8 p.m. today.