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California’s governor’s race and key primaries remain undecided amid ongoing vote counting

In California, all candidates run on the same primary ballot and the top two vote-getters move on to the general election regardless of party

Published June 03, 2026
California’s governor’s race and key primaries remain undecided amid ongoing vote counting
California’s governor’s race and key primaries remain undecided amid ongoing vote counting 

In a significant move, California’s crowded primary is supposedly taking more time to settle as the race remained too early to call. The race remained too early to call with only 50% of the expected vote counted, according to recent details revealed from the NBC Decision Desk.

Steve Hilton marginally led with 27% support in the all-party primary. While only half of voters still left to be counted. Conversely, Bianco was the only other candidate at 11%. The final results of the primary will help to determine which party reportedly gains control over the House of Representatives next year.

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GOP Rep. David Valadao has comfortably secured the first general election spot. While Democrat Randy Villegas (30%) holds a slim lead over fellow Democrat Jasmeet Brains (26%) for the second spot.

Republican Jim Desmond will advance Democracy's Marni von Wilpert and Ammar Campa-Najjar are locked in a highly competitive battle for second and third place to see who faces him.

Republican Michael Stansfield and Democrat Richard Pan are trading leads for the second spot. State Senator Scott Wiener has successfully headed to the general election to succeed the retiring Nancy Pelosi. 

All eyes on the significant battle between Pelosi Connie Chan (29%) and progressive activist Saikat Chakrabarti (15%).

Speaking to supporters on election night, Raman, a member of the Los Angeles City Council clarified that they will not give us a final answer on this race. “Many thousands of votes will be counted in the days ahead, and we may not get an answer we like, but regardless of what happens next, nobody, nobody can take away what all of us have built together.”

Sam Forstag and Ryan Busse are separated by less than 2 percentage points with over 85% of the votes counted in the Democratic primary.

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