As of Wednesday evening, the high-profile primary for California governor remains too early to call.
Three candidates, Republican Steve Hilton and Democrats Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer, remain in the race for two slots in the general election.
Hilton continues to lead the pack following the first set of post-election night results, but Becerra and Steyer improved in nearly every county that reported, narrowing the Republican’s early edge.
California is notorious for a drawn-out vote count, as local election officials work through millions of mail ballots, some of which don’t even arrive until after Election Day. It could be days still before the race is resolved.
At this point, California counties are largely reporting mail ballots that arrive near to or after Election Day — which can be counted if they were postmarked by Tuesday and arrive by June 9 — as well as provisional ballots that were cast on Election Day but require additional verification.
