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Key California primary races remain too close to call as vote-counting continues <p>Experts warn counting could go on for days in governor’s race, LA mayoral race and congressional races</p><p>Three days after Californians headed to the polls, key races in the primary election remained too close to call and experts warned the counting could continue for days.</p><p>In the governor’s race, the British-born conservative pundit Steve Hilton was narrowly leading with an estimated 60% of ballots counted by Friday morning. Xavier Becerra, a former US health and human services secretary under Joe Biden, followed closely behind, and billionaire Tom Steyer trailed behind the pair. The top two vote-getters will advance to the general election in November.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/05/california-primary-election-races-too-close-to-call">Continue reading...</a>

Do the results from yesterday's primary mean there is a clear winner on the Democratic side? California must have a candidate on a Democratic side that can beat Hilton. California can't go through another Republican governor; the last one almost put California into bankruptcy.

Hilton, Becerra lead California governor's race: takeaways ELECTIONS Democratic Party Add Topic Hilton, Becerra lead California governor's race. June 2 primary takeaways Democrats nominated history makers for Senate in Iowa and governor in New Mexico, while Trump's GOP primary winning streak came to an end. Phillip M. Bailey Terry Collins USA TODAY Updated June 3, 2026, 12:27 p.m. ET Hear this story President Donald Trump 's winning streak in Republican primaries screeched to a halt as his preferred candidate fell to a novice in the Iowa Republican primary for governor. Other headline-grabbing results from the six-state primary day June 2 included Democrats nominating a former wheelchair basketball gold medalist for Senate and a Native American female governor, which would be a first in U.S. history. But the biggest state to hold an election didn't answer the questions everyone wanted to know: Will two TV stars turned first-time candidates running as Republicans in California make it to the general election? California is slowly counting the votes in its closely watched June 2 gubernatorial contest, with early results showing Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra at …

Hilton, Becerra take early lead in California Governor primary race They each had about 26% ⁠of the vote with 42% of election night precincts partially reporting about an hour after polls closed, according to official ‌results

Breaking now: here's the most recent count for the primary race in California. There are still A LOT of votes to be counted. The top two winners (regardless of party) will run in the governors race. The top two at the moment are GOP candidate Hilton & Dem candidate Becerra.

Tense governor’s race in California unsettled as vote-counting continues <p>State election officials continue to sift through uncounted primary ballots, which could take days or even weeks</p><p>The California governor’s race remained unsettled Thursday, as state election officials continued to sift through uncounted primary ballots – a process that could take days or even weeks as voters eagerly await the results.</p><p>Polls indicated that British-born conservative pundit Steve Hilton was narrowly leading the race, followed by former US human services and health secretary Xavier Becerra. Billionaire Tom Steyer trailed behind the pair. Under California’s primary system, the top two vote-getters will advance to the general election.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/04/california-governors-race">Continue reading...</a>

#BREAKING: Xavier Becerra Advances to November's Election As Frontrunner In California's Governor Race. Hilton and Steyer are still fighting for second in runoff. @newsnation.bsky.social DecisionDesk LIKE❤️ | #rtREPOST | Comment

Becerra and Hilton Advance in California Governor’s Race A week after polls closed in California’s closely watched open gubernatorial primary last Tuesday—following a slow trickle of votes that fueled unsubstantiated claims of fraud from the president—Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton will advance to the November general election, winnowing down a crowded race to succeed two-term Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has [&#8230;]

Becerra Builds Bigger Margin Over Hilton in CA Governor Race At noon today, California election officials reported that Democrat Xavier Becerra had doubled his margin over Republican Steve Hilton, and Hilton’s lead over Democrat Tom Steyer for the all-important second spot on the ballot had been cut by about 10%. On Sunday, President Trump called the California primary “a rigged election.” In a Meet the Press interview on NBC, Trump told Kristen Welker, “They’re cheating on the election,” then refused to offer any evidence. He then told Welker: “Your elections are crooked, and you’re crooked, Meet the Press is crooked, and so is ABC and CBS and CNN – you’re one-sided, crooked neworks.” Trump then said “I’ve had enough,” and stood up and walked out of the interview. Later in the day, federal prosecutors accused California of blocking access to voter registration records as a legal battle over the maintenance of voter data continues in federal court. Even though 2.4 million  ballots remain to be counted, Hilton – who was endorsed by Trump – is likely to be on the November ballot,  because of his 300,000-vote margin over Steyer. Steyer on Sunday told his supporters: “We’re going to w…

California Governor Race: Hilton Leads Becerra After Primary Hilton and Becerra Lead in California Governor’s Race, With Weeks of Counting Still to Come With Steve Hilton leading the primary and Tom Steyer fading, the state’s most consequential governor’s race in decades is taking shape Scarlett London • 5 days ago Credit: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong In the days after California’s June primary, the race to replace Gavin Newsom still looks complicated and far from resolved. With 56 percent of votes counted as of Thursday, Republican Steve Hilton held a narrow two-point lead over Democrat Xavier Becerra — 28 percent to his 26 percent. Billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer is lurking in third place at 20 percent, while Republican Chad Bianco trails at 11 percent. Given California’s well-established tradition of counting mail and drop-off ballots well past Election Day, the results could shift in the coming days. But if the margins hold , California’s November general election will pit a former Fox News host who made his name railing against California’s progressive politics against a former U.S. Health Secretary and California Attorney General who embodies the multicultural Democratic coalition t…

BREAKING: Republican Steve Hilton has ADVANCED to the General Election and will face Democrat Xavier Becerra. Tom Steyer was NOT able to Buy the Election. Becerra: 27.9% Hilton: 24.9% Steyer: 22.6% Californian, like me, are choosing our STRONGEST candidate! #KeepCaliforniaBlue. More to come...

California Election 2026: Nithya Raman advances to November runoff for LA mayor with Karen Bass; Becerra advances for governor - ABC7 Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (KABC) --With California primary election results still coming in, we now know who will be on the November ballot for Los Angeles mayor. Meanwhile, the competitive race for California governor continues. In the L.A. mayor's race, Karen Bass and Nithya Raman will advance to the November runoff election, AP News projects. Raman overtook Spencer Pratt for second place as ballots continued to be counted, according to the latest figures. In the California governor's race, Xavier Becerra advanced to the general election. It was not yet clear who Becerra would face in the general election. His top rivals came down to Republican Steve Hilton, a former Fox News commentator backed by President Donald Trump, and Democrat Tom Steyer, a billionaire climate activist who poured $215 million of his own money into his campaign. A lot is at stake, and we're breaking everything down. Here's a look at all the races and where everyone stands with up-to-date live election results: Este blog se ofrece en Español,aquí. ABC News contributed to …

Xavier Becerra advances in California governor race to replace Newsom Republican Steve Hilton will advance to the general election inCalifornia’s gubernatorial race, according to The Associated Press. The former Fox News personality will now face Democrat Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden’s health and human services secretary, in November for the seat of outgoing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Becerra was leading the field when the AP reported Friday that he would go on to the general election. As of Tuesday when about 88% of the votes had been counted, Becerra had 27.9% of the votes counted, while Hilton came in second with 24.9% of the vote,the AP reported.Democrat Tom Steyer was running third with 22.6%. Becerra and Hilton will now move on to the November general election. As the counting has continued,President Donald Trumphas sounded off on the process, alleging that “Dumocrats” were “trying to STEAL THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA PRIMARY, AND THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES, PRIMARY, AWAY FROM TWO GREAT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. Here we go with the very late and massive numbers of MAIL IN BALLOTS.” Los Angeles City Council memberNithya Raman, a Democrat, moved into second place, pus…

Hilton, Becerra lead California governor race: Key primary election results California, Iowa, New Jersey, New Mexico, Montana and South Dakota held key primaries on Tuesday.

California primary election results: governor’s race too close to call <p>Early results show Steve Hilton, Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer emerging in front, with many ballots to be counted</p><p>The high-stakes gubernatorial race in California remained too close to call on Tuesday night, with early results showing a tight contest in the crowded race.</p><p>With many ballots still left to be counted, three candidates emerged at the top: Republican Steve Hilton and Democrats Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer. And results were clear enough that two Democratic candidates – San Jose mayor Matt Mahan and former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa – conceded the race shortly after polls closed.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/03/california-governor-election">Continue reading...</a>