All this week on the “State of California,” we have focused on the Central Valley and its importance to the state’s politics.

The politics of the Valley are distinct and yet challenging to much of the “orthodoxy” of California as a blue state.

Today, we wanted to wrap up the week with some perspectives on the Central Valley and how there are even more subtle differences between the northern and southern portions of the Central Valley itself.

For more, KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising spoke with Sonoma State Political Scientist Dr. David McCuan and Nicole Parra, former Member of the CA Assembly