CNN’s debate, at 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. ET), comes at a pivotal time, with the first mail ballots currently being delivered to voters in the June 2 primary.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The jumbled field of candidates who want to be California’s next governor is returning to the debate stage Tuesday, just as mail voting kicked off.

Then, for a while, Eric Swalwell, a Democrat from the Bay Area who is a frequent critic of President Trump, started to rise in polls and gathered high-profile endorsements.