Race Too Close to Call for California Governor

Race Too Close to Call for California Governor

June 3, 2026 · 10 min

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The episode discusses the close race for California's governor with insights on the leading candidates and ongoing ballot counting.

The California's governor's race remains too close to call. Republican Steve Hilton currently leads the pack, but is closely followed by Democrat Xavier Becerra. Fellow Democrat Tom Steyer is sitting in third but still has a chance to overtake one of the two other candidates, with millions of ballots left to be counted. Guest: Guy Marzorati, KQED We already know the two candidates advancing to several congressional races here in California. But others are still very much up for grabs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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