State Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los Angeles, second from left, a candidate for Secretary of State, makes responds to a question during a candidates debate held by the Sacramento Press Club in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Padilla debated fellow Democrat Derek Cressman, left, Republican Pete Peterson, third from left, and Dan Schnur, a USC professor running as an independent, right.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)