CA primary election results: California governor, Los Angeles mayor races now decided

With 52% of the expected votes counted in the race for California governor, Republican Steve Hilton is leading the pack with 27% of the vote, with Democrat Xavier Becerra trailing barely behind him with 26% of the vote.

Hilton and Becerra have been on the top since the polls closed at 8 p.m. The top two candidates will advance to the November general election.

Democrat Tom Steyer is in third place with 20% of the vote, followed by Republican Chad Bianco at 11%. The rest of the candidates each have less than 5% of the votes.

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan dropped out of the crowded 2026 California gubernatorial race.

He officially delivered his concession speech after the polls closed Tuesday night, saying his "job isn't done in San Jose yet," marking the end of his campaign for higher office.

Democrat Rob Bonta advances to the general election for attorney general in California.

California gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa conceded the race after early returns showed him with 1% of the vote.

In a statement, Villaraigosa said the election did not turn out the way he had hoped and offered his congratulations to the candidates that will move onto the general election in November.

"I ran for one reason: I love this state, and I know what's possible when leaders refuse to accept that things are broken. As Mayor of Los Angeles, we made it the safest big city in America, turned around failing schools, and built the greenest port in the country," he continued in his statement.

Read the full statement here.