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California’s crowded, protracted gubernatorial primary is going to take a little more time to settle

South Dakota Republican businessman Toby Doeden will move on to a July runoff in the GOP gubernatorial sweeps, while the race for the second contender remained too close to call overnight Wednesday. The news is a blow to incumbent Gov. Larry Rhoden, who still has a shot to face off in the runoff depending on … Read more

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra were leading in unofficial early returns Wednesday morning and appeared positioned to advance to the November California gubernatorial election in the race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in steering the nation’s most populous state and one of the world’s largest economies. Hilton, … Read more

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has advanced to a November runoff election in her bid for a second term, NBC News projects, but the opponent she’ll face in the one-on-one race remains unclear

Incumbent comes out on top in primary election – but with less than 50% of votes – and will take on challenger in November Karen Bass has come out ahead in Tuesday’s heated primary for Los Angeles mayor, but with less than 50% of the vote will have to defend her seat in November’s general … Read more

Disgraced former congressman said to have put bet on whether he would be at Trump’s State of the Union speech Federal authorities are investigating whether George Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman from New York, engaged in insider trading by betting on a prediction market on his own attendance to the State of the Union … Read more

NBC News projects incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass will advance to a November runoff election, with challengers Spencer Pratt and Nithya Raman competing for the other spot. NBC Los Angeles’ Alex Rozier reports from Bass’ campaign headquarters where she spoke ahead of the call.

Republican businessman Toby Doeden has advanced to a runoff in South Dakota governor’s race, NBC News projects.

Former Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull has clinched the GOP nomination in New Mexico’s open-seat gubernatorial race. Hull, widely viewed as a leading contender entering Election Day, campaigned on public safety, government experience and economic growth. He defeated businessman Doug Turner and former New Mexico Human Services Secretary Duke Rodriguez.  Turner pitched himself as a … Read more

Justin Murphy won New Jersey’s Republican U.S. Senate primary late Tuesday night, setting up a general election fight against Democratic Sen. Cory Booker in a state where Republicans have not won a U.S. Senate race since 1972. The race was close among the top three candidates with 90% of the votes counted. Murphy was followed … Read more