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Presidential candidates swarmed the Bay Area over the weekend for the state’s Democratic Party convention, each one trying to get an edge in what is now an early primary state — and a massive, unruly one, at that.

My colleague Kate Conger was on the scene for the speeches and spectacle.

Democratic presidential candidates courted voters in California after the state became a key player in the 2020 election by bumping up its primary vote to March.

Many of the candidates spoke in six-minute speed rounds at the California Democratic Convention, before shuttling to the Move On forum and other political events throughout the city. Senator Elizabeth Warren raised cheers from the convention crowd with a speech that championed sweeping economic reforms, a mic-swiping protester stole the spotlight from Senator Kamala Harris, and Representative Eric Swalwell courted local politicians at a private luncheon where he spoke on gun control.

[Read more about why competing in California is uncharted territory for candidates vying for the 2020 Democratic nomination.]