Signs guided voters to their local polling place. (Roselle Chen)

Tuesday's primary election decided the nominees for California's governor, among other positions. The largest number of votes went to Meg Whitman on the Republican side. She will run against Democratic nominee, state Attorney General Jerry Brown. In addition to political positions, voters also decided on ballot initiative topics ranging from big businesses, schools, and utility monopolies.

Reporter Roselle Chen spoke to a few people at the Wilshire Crest Elementary School voting poll location on Olympic Boulevard in Los Angeles to get a general sense of the issues they felt were important in bringing them to their local polling station.

Cathy, who declined to give her last name, voted because she wanted to support the prospective democratic governor and lieutenant governor. She said that the ballot initiatives, as well as the job and immigration policies were key factors in getting her to vote.

LISTEN: TO CATHY

Glenn Farr has never missed an election. He said that the governor's race was what brought him to the polls, and that voting "no" on the car insurance initiative, also known as Proposition 17, was also one of the more substantial issues for him.

LISTEN: TO GLENN

Nicole declined to give her last name but her aim in voting at the primary was to vote for Karen Bass for Congress. Nicole believed in Bass's grassroots and non-profit stance. She also wanted to make sure Barbara Boxer and Jerry Brown got re-elected.

Taeyoung Park said that immigration and the economy were two issues that needed to be addressed in the primary and subsequent general election. Park said that knowing about the candidates' job and immigration policies were essential in deciding who to vote for.

LISTEN: TO TAEYOUNG

Moses Velasquez voted for Meg Whitman because he believed that she would do an excellent job addressing the immigration and job issues in L.A.

LISTEN: TO MOSES

Alden Jones learned about the candidates from reading the newspaper and having discussions with his wife. He felt that the jobs policy was the most significant issue at the primaries.

LISTEN: TO ALDEN

Democrat Gary Phillips came in to vote on the propositions and "the power grab by PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric Company)." Jobs and immigration were not on his main voting agenda, but rather countering the potential monopoly that Proposition 16 held.

LISTEN: TO GARY