{"id":440,"date":"2026-06-02T20:02:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=440"},"modified":"2026-06-02T20:02:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:02:59","slug":"california-unlikely-to-have-fast-answers-on-governors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=440","title":{"rendered":"California unlikely to have fast answers on governor’s race"},"content":{"rendered":"
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California\u2019s unpredictable governor\u2019s race might not show a clear winner as soon as people want. Secretary of State Shirley Weber, the state official who oversees elections, said the governor\u2019s race primary is likely not going to be decided Tuesday night.<\/p>

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\u201cProbably not given the fact that we have to deal with vote-by-mail ballots coming in that night,\u201d Weber said in a Friday interview with KCRA-TV. She continued that that race \u201cmay be so diverse and so wide apart that oftentimes we do have the results of elected officials and others when they have truly a slam dunk kind of election as we saw with Prop. 50.\u201d<\/p><\/div>

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Weber said \u201cit is possible\u201d for the election to be called Tuesday night, but she said voters shouldn\u2019t hold their breath. \u201cWe\u2019ve got 60 candidates. That in itself is historic,\u201d she said.<\/p><\/div>

While there are more than 60 candidates on the ballot, there are eight major candidates for governor. The latest poll in the race, published Saturday by Emerson College, indicates that it is a three-way competition between Democrat Xavier Becerra, the former state attorney general and health secretary in the Biden administration; Democrat Tom Steyer, a billionaire former 2020 presidential candidate; and Republican Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

The poll of 1,000 likely voters found 28% of respondents favored Becerra, while 22% supported Steyer, and another 21% were behind Hilton.<\/p><\/div>

Other major Democrats on the ballot include former Orange County Rep. Katie Porter, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The other major Republican on the ballot is Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco.<\/p><\/div>

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Weber said before the weekend if voters were able to get their ballots in well before Election Day, it would expedite the counting process. But only about 15% of voters have mailed in their ballots already as of Monday, according to Political Data Tracker.<\/p>

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