Governor Race 2026

California has new rules meant to speed up ballot counting, but elections experts and county officials say close races could still take weeks to resolve.

Xavier Becerra, Tom Steyer and Steve Hilton led in polls in the final days of the California governor election. Results are expected to begin coming in tonight.

Billionaires, Big Oil and other interests are spending big to influence the California governor’s race, making for the most expensive primary campaign in state history.

Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton appear to have commanding leads in the governor's race, according to new polling released just days before the primary election.

The races for governor and Los Angeles mayor offer candidates in contrast: some with years of experience running bureaucracies and others proud to have none.

Newsom said the new law was just the first in a “mosaic” of legislation to address the “legitimate anxiety” that voters have about the safety and security of California’s elections.

Californians are voting on a wide-open governor's race. Xavier Becerra, Steve Hilton and Tom Steyer are leading in polls but only two will move on to the general election.

Some in the Democratic Party urged voters to wait to see if any Democratic candidates bow out of the race. But how long is too long to wait?

The next governor will be directly responsible for statewide education leadership. Yet governor candidates haven't broached the subject.

One of the 61 gubernatorial candidates ranted about Israel and Jewish people instead of describing himself. Did the state have to publish it?