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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did they announce?
Xavier Becerra, Tom Steyer or Steve Hilton?[/quote]
Hilton leads and Becerra is next, Steyer third. Only half the vote counted so far.[/quote]

I’m guessing Becerra and maybe Hilton as the rest of the dems split off. Becerra will sweep the general election for governor against Steyer or Hilton. Becerra has the Hispanic vote, democratic war chest, and independents/centrist democrats. Progressives don’t trust Steyer and don’t want an old billionaire. [b]No one wants a Republican other than MAGAs.[/b] If Mahon and Porter weren’t in the race Steyer might have been the second place holder but he wouldn’t beat Becerra in the general.[/quote]

Californian here. I don’t think this is true any more. (Unfortunate, in my view, so you know where I am politically, but I want to be realistic.)

The repudiation of the far left yesterday was significant. It is hard to express just how exhausted most Californians are with the far left, and some of those folks are going to turn to Republicans. It’s just not the social death knell it was a few years ago.

Obviously anecdotal but I am in a very blue county in a very blue city in CA and I know Democrats who voted for Hilton and are open about it. That would have been inconceivable 5-10 years ago.

It’s possible Steyer will catch Hilton with late vote counts, but even if he does, the messaging should be clear: a lot of Democrats voted for a Republican. [/quote]

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