California elections are still being counted because that’s the system they have there. It might take a few weeks, months, or even a decade before the official results are announced. Not really, but the slow pace at which ballots are tallied in the Golden State is beyond absurd; even liberal reporters are starting to raise eyebrows — it shouldn’t be this way.
Dmitri gave an overview of where things stand right now.
In the governor's race, former television host and policy commentator Steve Hilton spent much of the campaign leading in public polling, while in Los Angeles, Spencer Pratt has emerged as a surprisingly viable contender after running a high-profile mayoral campaign that has attracted widespread media attention. As results continue to come in, both races are being closely watched for signs of whether California is about to have a major shift to the right in California.
As votes continue to be counted on Wednesday morning, here is where the candidates stand in their respective races.
As of Wednesday morning, with roughly 60 percent of the vote counted in California's gubernatorial primary, Republican Steve Hilton has maintained a lead over the Democratic field. Hilton has received about 28 percent of the vote, while former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra trails at roughly 25 percent. Progressive billionaire Tom Steyer is currently in third place with around 20 percent.
Katie Porter has been defeated; she won’t be able to come back from her current position in the vote totals, no matter what. But one thing I forgot to mention, and it could hurt Republicans: those good old-fashioned mail-in ballot dumps, which have drastically reduced Republican vote totals across the board.
We could be witnessing another political screw job, folks.
JUST IN: Spencer Pratt drops to third in LA mayoral odds, trailing Mayor Bass & Democratic Socialist Nithya Raman. pic.twitter.com/co2rYiHorH
— Polymarket (@Polymarket) June 3, 2026
🚨 JUST IN: Nithya Raman is STRONGLY GAINING on Spencer Pratt in the late LA mayoral mail-in drops nearly 24 hours after poll close
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 4, 2026
If this keeps going, it will KEEP GETTING *MUCH* CLOSER.
In one drop, she closed ~3,000 votes, now trailing by 37,000. 322,000 votes remain.… pic.twitter.com/cVf47D8P5C
🚨 NOW: A late mail-in ballot drop just came in and Republicans LOST it by a LOT, and the total votes remaining to count WENT UP
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 3, 2026
CALIFORNIA IS INSANE
California Gov ballot drop, LA, per VoteHub
🔵 Xavier Becerra: 26,434 (35.4%)
🔵 Tom Steyer: 22,025 (29.5%)
🔴 Steve Hilton:… pic.twitter.com/uY7nkUbXlA
MORE: The late mail in some areas continues to show Steyer (3rd) is unlikely to lock Hilton out, as these are not the margin he wants, while Becerra has a much smaller gap to close (both would advance anyway)https://t.co/8eHrMNMt1p
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 4, 2026
This morning, CA was at 58% counted
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 4, 2026
15 hours later… now it's 56% counted
Hmmmmm 🤔 pic.twitter.com/b97YjLmSxz
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