Democrat Xavier Becerra, former Health and Human Services Secretary for Biden, advanced in the California governor’s primary race 48 hours after the polls closed on Thursday evening.
On Tuesday evening, Republican candidate Steve Hilton was in the lead shortly after the polls closed, and he is still holding on.
Two days later, and only 57% of the ballots have been counted in the California governor’s race.
Mail-in ballots pouring in after election night have favored Democrat Becerra and Tom Steyer.
Xavier Becerra currently has 1,468,875 votes at 26.04%
Steve Hilton still has a comfortable lead, holding on with 1,532,530 votes at 27.17%.
Democrat Tom Steyer has 1,139,578 votes at 20.18%
Decision Desk HQ projects Xavier Becerra as one of two winners in the CA Governor Top-Two Primary#DecisionMade: 8:58 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/i18hyVVAbr
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) June 5, 2026
More on the California Governor’s primary race from ABC 10:
Recall that California’s Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom recently said that he has a secret “break the glass” plan to prevent California from electing a Republican governor.
WATCH:
Gov. Gavin Newsom said he has a secret “break the glass” plan to prevent California from electing a Republican governor. He recently signed a law that states mail in ballots signatures do not have to match.
SB73 Section 3. Clause F reads : (f) A vote by mail voter observer shall… pic.twitter.com/NfuKmz9dFS
— Denise Aguilar (@InformedMama209) June 4, 2026
President Trump, late Wednesday and into Thursday, said the Democrats are trying to steal the California primary elections.
President Trump told reporters at the White House that California is rigging the election.
“You see what’s happening in California. They’re rigging the election,” Trump said.
“We just don’t want cheating in our elections, and you see it happening in California. Those numbers are coming down rapidly. They found a lot of mail-in ballots last night, shockingly. So, we don’t want that,” he added.
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