Democrat Xavier Becerra, former Health and Human Services Secretary for Biden, advanced in the California governor’s primary race 48 hours after the polls closed on Thursday evening.
On Tuesday evening, Republican candidate Steve Hilton was in the lead shortly after the polls closed, and he is still holding on.
Two days later, and only 57% of the ballots have been counted in the California governor’s race.
Mail-in ballots pouring in after election night have favored Democrat Becerra and Tom Steyer.
Xavier Becerra currently has 1,468,875 votes at 26.04%
Steve Hilton still has a comfortable lead, holding on with 1,532,530 votes at 27.17%.
Democrat Tom Steyer has 1,139,578 votes at 20.18%