California governor’s race remains unresolved as vote count continues - US politics live
Key Points:
- The California governor's race remains undecided as election officials continue counting unprocessed primary ballots, with British-born conservative Steve Hilton holding a narrow lead over former health secretary Xavier Becerra; the top two candidates will advance to the November general election.
- California law requires counties to finish counting ballots by June 15, but mail-in ballots postmarked by election day and received by June 9 can be processed afterward, potentially delaying final results for weeks.
- Former President Donald Trump has prematurely declared victory for his preferred candidate, Steve Hilton, urging Californians to elect him to improve the state.
- In other news, US political commentator Cenk Uygur criticized the UK government's ban on his entry as "Kafkaesque," while the US House of Representatives passed a resolution limiting Trump's war powers regarding Iran, drawing his strong condemnation.
- Additional developments include rising consumer frustration in the US due to service and product issues amid inflation, and the retraction or investigation of three controversial vaccine safety studies previously used to justify changes in US vaccine policies.