Bonta Wins California AG Primary With 53.8% as Bass Leads LA Mayor Race at 36.5%
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 2
Bonta Wins California AG Primary With 53.8% as Bass Leads LA Mayor Race at 36.5%
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 2
Rob Bonta was projected to advance from California’s attorney general primary with 53.8% of the vote, ahead of Republican Michael E. Gates at 41.6% with 50% of ballots reported.
Karen Bass’s Los Angeles mayoral race was called with 49% counted, putting the incumbent at 36.5%, ahead of Spencer Pratt at 29.5% and Nithya Raman at 21.0%.
California’s top-two system means the leading candidates move on to November regardless of party, though one-candidate municipal races like Los Angeles mayor advance a single contender to the next election.
The statewide governor’s contest remained unsettled: Steve Hilton led with 26.9%, Xavier Becerra had 25.8% and Tom Steyer 19.8%, with roughly half the vote counted and late mail ballots still to come.
Several House races in redrawn districts were still too early to settle, underscoring how California’s slow mail-ballot count can leave competitive primaries unresolved for days.