California Governor's Race Update: Election Results Latest
Late-counted mail ballots could still change the outcome under California’s top-two primary system, with hundreds of thousands still to process, officials said.
- With 64 percent of the vote counted as of Friday, the Los Angeles mayoral and California gubernatorial races remain uncalled. Mayor Karen Bass leads the mayoral contest, while Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra lead the race to replace Governor Gavin Newsom.
- California's election system routinely delays final results due to reliance on mail-in ballots, which are counted if postmarked by Election Day. State Shirley Weber argues the process prioritizes accuracy and voter access over speed.
- President Donald Trump alleged on Truth Social that Democrats are "trying to steal" the primaries, claiming "BIG cheating" without providing evidence. Newsom's office rejected these accusations, defending the state's ballot verification process.
- Late-Arriving mail and provisional ballots often lean Democratic, potentially shifting results in close contests. This dynamic keeps the race for second place between Spencer Pratt and Nithya Raman too close to call.
- Under California's top-two primary system, the two candidates with the most votes advance to the November general election regardless of party. With hundreds of thousands of ballots still to be processed, final outcomes in both races remain uncertain.
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Hilton loses lead in governor’s race, Pratt’s hold on 2nd place collapsing as vote counting rolls on
Updates in California’s election results skewed against Republicans advancing were deemed “third world country stuff” as observers suggested, “You are witnessing a hoax in real time.” Days after voters turned out for the state’s jungle primary, the top two finishers for the gubernatorial race and the Los Angeles mayoral election remained unknown. What was known was that the prospects for Steve Hilton heading to Sacramento and Spencer Pratt leadi…
Friday Morning Constitutional: Becerra and Hilton Continue Leading Governor's Race Vote Count
A new report says that the Super Bowl in February generated $720 million in total economic activity across the Bay Area, exceeding projections. That included $425 million in economic benefits to San Francisco. [KRON4]Voters in Marin and Sonoma counties on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a 30-year extension of a quarter-cent sales tax to support the SMART train. Residents seem to love the train, even though only about 5,000 use it every weekday. …
Map: See how Californians voted for governor in June primary election
With the California primary election in the rearview mirror, we’re getting a glimpse of how the Bay Area and the rest of California voted in the governor’s race. Below you’ll find a county-by-county breakdown of how Californians voted in the gubernatorial race. Just click/tap on a county to see the number and percentage of votes candidates received in that area. Editor’s note: the map updates automatically every hour. As of Friday afternoon, wit…
The Republican candidate for the California Governorate and leader in the primary count conducted so far at the polls Steve Hilton, exploded against the Golden State electoral system, which he described as "a joke." In addition, Hilton demanded the governor, Gavin Newsom, to create emergency rapid response teams to prevent the count from being delayed even a month as the most pessimistic forecasts point out.
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