Longtime party insider Eric Bauman defeated Ellis by 62 votes out of nearly 3,000 cast — a razor-thin margin for a candidate who lined up support from most of the state's elected Democrats and, until recently, was widely expected to win with minimal opposition.
He had a natural advantage in an election where many delegates were selected by party insiders and elected officials.
Ellis and Bauman both endorsed Clinton's presidential bid and were largely aligned in their approaches to public policy. But Ellis adopted a Sanders-inspired message determined to minimize the influence of money in politics. Her supporters were
outraged that Bauman's political consulting firm accepted money from pharmaceutical companies to work against a Sanders-backed initiative aimed at limiting government spending on medications.http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/california-democratic-chair-race-angers-berniecrats-47539918Anyways, who knows how many unelected delegates were selected by the party leadership. This was supposed to be an easy win for Bauman but he barely scrapped by. Bauman is not a bad candidate per se, he supports Single payer too, but he is too beholden to the special interests & in bed with the status quo. The only part outrageous about him is his lobbying/consultancy firm working for big pharma to defeat affordable drugs ballot initiatives - That is unacceptable ! 
