Becerra Advances as California’s Slow Count Shapes November
Friday, June 5, 2026 · 11 min
Xavier Becerra is projected to advance in California’s 2026 governor race, with Steve Hilton still leading the count and Tom Steyer trailing; PPIC’s survey helps explain Becerra’s late surge after Eric Swalwell exited.
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Xavier Becerra is projected to advance in California’s 2026 governor race, with Steve Hilton still leading the count and Tom Steyer trailing; PPIC’s survey helps explain Becerra’s late surge after Eric Swalwell exited.
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- Latest PPIC Statewide Survey Sheds Light on Voter Preferences - Public Policy Institute of California — Public Policy Institute of California
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- Step Back — California’s governor’s race can send any two candidates to November, even two from the same party — so what was the top-two primary supposed to fix, and has it actually changed who can win statewide here?
Background sources
- California’s Top-Two Primary May Be Headed for Extinction — Ed Kilgore
- Why California's top-two primary elections failed to moderate — Ben Christopher, Jeanne Kuang
- Crowded Democratic field in California governor’s race might provide a rare opening for the GOP – NewsNation — Newsnationnow
- Crowded Democratic field in California governor’s race might provide a rare opening for the GOP | The Seattle Times — MICHAEL R. BLOOD
- Barabak: Youth, money, gender and other takeaways from California's crazy gubernatorial primary - AOL — AOL
- California Voters and the Top-Two Primary - Public Policy Institute of California — Ppic
- Becerra Advances in California's $300 Million Race for Governor — Bloomberg Law
Becerra Advances in California’s $300 Million Race for Governor Xavier Becerra, a former congressman and US health secretary in the Biden administration, is projected to advance in the California governor’s race, one of the most expensive state elections in US history. Becerra had 26% of the vote with about 60% of the estimated votes counted as of Thursday night, according to Decision Desk HQ,…
- What it would take to speed up California's ballot-counting process — San Francisco Chronicle
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- Real-Time Election Results: CA Governor's Primary Election 2026 | Across California, CA Patch — Patch
Real-Time Election Results: CA Governor's Primary Election 2026 | Across California, CA Patch Skip to main content ### Nearby Communities ### State Edition ### National Edition - Top National News - See All Communities ###### Politics & Government # Hilton, Becerra Take Early Lead In Governor's Race As Other Contenders Concede ## Follow for live results after Californians cast their…