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California primary election results: governor’s race too close to call

primary system, in which all candidates compete on a single ballot and only the two highest vote-getters advance to the general election regardless of party affiliation. The number of Democrats in the race

First Thing: Race for California governor deadlocked as primary results across the US pour in

governor [remains too close to call](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/03/california-governor-election). With mountains of ballots left to count, the Republican Steve Hilton was leading the field with the Democrats Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer following. A quirk