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primary election results: governor’s race too close to call The high-stakes gubernatorial race in [California](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california) remained too close to call on Tuesday night, with early results showing a tight contest
Matt Mahan and Steve Hilton attend a debate in the race for governor of California [File: Carlos Barria/Reuters] Nalder added that strategic voting may have played a chief role in the primary. Under California
Matt Mahan, and the former LA mayor Antonio Villaraigosa conceded early. - **Where else were primary elections held?** In many other states. Many eyes were on Iowa, where Josh Turek, backed by millions in outside spending
primary election in California saw unprecedented spending, much of which [came from top tech companies](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/01/tech-billionaires-california-elections), such as Google and Meta, as well as from dozens of executives and venture capitalists. The candidate
election. It became the most expensive California gubernatorial race on record, with immense ad spending by Steyer and Silicon Valley support for another Democratic candidate, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan. Former Democratic congresswoman Katie Porter