Votes are still being counted after Californians headed to the polls Tuesday for the state’s governor primary. The so-called jungle primary, where candidates from any party compete on the same ballot and the top two vote-getters advance regardless of affiliation, will send two candidates into a November runoff to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in Sacramento in January 2027. The race is close, but with a majority of the vote counted as of Thursday morning, we have a good picture of how each of the state’s 58 counties voted.
Statewide, Republican Steve Hilton, a British-born former Fox News host who became a U.S. citizen five years ago, and Democrat Xavier Becerra, the former state attorney general and U.S. health secretary, are currently leading. Behind them is Democrat Tom Steyer, the billionaire former hedge fund manager turned climate activist who self-funded one of the most expensive campaigns in California history. Republican Chad Bianco, the Riverside County sheriff, is the only other candidate currently leading in some counties.
The results will continue to shift as more ballots come in. California’s counting process is famously slow, and the secretary of state has until July 10 to certify the final tallies. But as of 10 a.m. Thursday, here’s how every California county voted for their next governor:
