This is for people who are still interested in and/or following the CA Governor Race

[senseandsensibility]

Although we can relax because it looks like Becerra is going to make it on the ballot and we avoided a two R ticket, it is still unfolding and things can change. A recent update on NBC news showed the amount of votes for the top three candidates with 57.7 reporting.

Hilton 1,459,479
Becerra 1, 371,066
Steyer 1,063,864

The weird thing is that there 3,904,000 votes estimated to be outstanding. That's more than the total of the three above. So things could still change, but not in a way that puts Becerra at risk. With so many votes still to be counted, and mail in votes favoring Dems historically, I predict that Steyer still has a chance to be in the top two.

[peppertree]

1. Go, Tom!

The People's Billionaire.

(though Becerra's great too)

[LisaL]

2. Thanks for the update!

Looks like Becerra is gaining on HIlton.

[senseandsensibility]

3. You're welcome!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

4. I thought I told you not to focus on this race!

[senseandsensibility]

6. Well I have received my share of advice

about posting about this topic (even when I make it clear that I understand that a Dem will win) but I don't remember that one!

[Boo1]

5. Prediction markets

Are giving Steyer and Hilton omroughly the same chance of being Governor.

[senseandsensibility]

7. Could be accurate.

But I still think that with so many outstanding mail in ballots, Steyer has a chance. It's based on the fact that Dems were withholding their ballots until the last minute and they vote more by mail anyway.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. Lawrence: Trump is a big loser in California and in Congress

Hilton has NO chance of winning the general election. Lawrence has a great explanation starting at about 1:40 on the video

Hilton has no chance of winning in November

[senseandsensibility]

9. Saw that

He really spelled it out so if anyone is still confused this explains why a Dem will win.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Lawrence was in great form last night

[Dan]

11. Curious, for those of us not from California...what are the political parties of the three?

[senseandsensibility]

12. Becerra and Steyer are Dems

Hilton is the trump endorsed R.

[peppertree]

13. A lot of nerve that guy has - a Thatcherite Brit who knows less about the US, I'm sure, than most of us know about da UK

A fifth-column cretin trying to do to U.S. democracy, what he (among many others) did to the U.K. economy with Brexit: weaken it and isolate it.

[senseandsensibility]

14. Yup

That video of him prancing around in that jacket with the American flag on the inside and the CA flag on the other side was nauseating.

[Dan]

16. Thank you!

[SSJVegeta]

15. Steyer is going to be neck and neck with Hilton. Becerra is boosted to a strong first

I think

[IcyPeas]

17. Still makes me ill that Hilton got so many votes.

Ex-Fox news host... ex-Brit. Trump could just give him a job as Acting Butler Serving Earl Grey Tea and Scones for his 3 o'clock circle jerk made for tv news conferences.