LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Democrat Xavier Becerra slightly increased his lead in the California governor’s race Sunday, with Republican Steve Hilton in second place, making it still likely the pair is heading for a November runoff election.
Figures released Sunday by the California Secretary of State’s office showed Becerra with 1,883,083 votes, or 27.2%, followed by Hilton with 1,790,532, or 25.9%. That is a gap of 92,551 votes.
Billionaire Tom Steyer remained in third place with 1,488,520 votes, or 21.5%. That means he added 127,416 votes but only slightly grew his percentage.
There were 591,375 ballots processed from Saturday night’s total to Sunday night 3,055,949 ballots statewide are left to tally, according to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber’s website. Another 56,296 ballots still need to have signatures verified or minor mistakes corrected.
The results were expected to be certified by July 10.
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