California governor’s race deadlocked with nearly 60% of the votes counted

What happened

According to The Guardian’s linked item, California governor’s race deadlocked with nearly 60% of the votes counted, Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra lead the field with slow process of vote counting still underway The Democrats to watch after Tuesday’s primaries: from army doctor to Paralympian The highly watched race for California governor was deadlocked Wednesday as the state continued to slowly count votes – a process that could take days or even weeks. With nearly 60% of the votes counted, Steve Hilton, a Republican, former UK political operative and Fox News host, was narrowly ahead. Xavier Becerra, a Democrat and the former health secretary who led the field after a tumultuous campaign, was in second place while Tom Steyer, a billionaire environmental activist running as a progressive, trailed in third. Continue reading…

Context

The development sits in VINI’s California coverage for readers following state policy, regional institutions, courts, markets, public services, and California communities. The original report is linked so readers can check the source account, follow later updates, and compare new coverage against the first published record. The linked item is dated 2026-06-03T19:18:59+00:00.

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Source

Primary source: California governor’s race deadlocked with nearly 60% of the votes counted via The Guardian. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.