LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- With California primary election results still coming in, we now know who will be on the November ballot for Los Angeles mayor. Meanwhile, the competitive race for California governor continues.
In the L.A. mayor's race, Karen Bass and Nithya Raman will advance to the November runoff election, AP News projects. Raman overtook Spencer Pratt for second place as ballots continued to be counted, according to the latest figures.
In the California governor's race, Xavier Becerra advanced to the general election. It was not yet clear who Becerra would face in the general election. His top rivals came down to Republican Steve Hilton, a former Fox News commentator backed by President Donald Trump, and Democrat Tom Steyer, a billionaire climate activist who poured $215 million of his own money into his campaign.
A lot is at stake, and we're breaking everything down.
Here's a look at all the races and where everyone stands with up-to-date live election results:
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The next round of election results has dropped. Here's how the race for California governor is shaping up:
With 57% of the expected vote counted, gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton still leads the pack at 27%. Xavier Becerra stands at 26% and Tom Steyer is at 20%. There's still a lot of votes left to count.
Thursday's election results drop continued helping incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, who is still in the lead at 35%, with 66% of the expected vote counted. Spencer Pratt dropped from 30% to 29%. Nithya Raman is at 23%.The race is still too close to call to see who will be facing Bass in a runoff.
Follow the latest updates on the L.A. mayoral race here.
It appears less than a quarter of California voters cast ballots in this primary election.
Data from the Secretary of State's website shows just over 23% voter turnout as of Thursday morning as ballots continue to be counted.
Here in the Bay Area, San Francisco and Sonoma counties had the biggest showings. But that's still far from previous elections.
The biggest turnout in California history was 57% for the Presidential primary in February of 2008.
Eight years later, the primary in June of 2016 saw a 47% turnout.
The primary in March of 2020 was close behind, at 46%.
Gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra responded to President Trump's unsubstantiated claims Democrats are trying to "steal" the California primaries.
"Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. He lost California by millions of votes in the 2024 election, and now he's trying to undermine confidence in our elections because he's a repeat loser here," said Becerra on a post published on the social media platform X.
"Sorry Donald, the voters decide who leads California. Not you," the post continued.
Trump posted to social media late Wednesday night accusing the Democratic Party in California of trying to "steal" the California gubernatorial and Los Angeles mayoral primaries, offering no evidence to support the allegation.
In his posts, Trump complained about the alleged misuse of mail-in ballots and also accused the Democratic Party of delaying the tallying of votes - claims for which there is currently no supporting evidence.
The president also claimed that the votes are "under investigation" by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles. That office declined to comment on the president's statement in response to an ABC News request.
California Democratic Party Chairperson Rusty Hicks told ABC News that Trump's claims were "baseless."
"Everyone knows California will complete a fair and accurate count. End of story," Hicks further said.
"Trump is lying about California again," Gov. Gavin Newsom's press office posted online early Thursday morning about the president's assertion.
Trump has often claimed, without evidence, that elections are rigged and has complained about mail-in ballots and the possibility of fraud. Despite this, he voted by mail in a Florida special election earlier this year.
According to the California secretary of state, "vote-by-mail ballots postmarked on or before Election Day and received within seven days after the election, as well as any provisional ballots cast, must still be counted."
County election officials have up to 30 days after the election to count ballots. Final results from Tuesday's primary must be reported to the secretary of state by July 3, 2026.
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