Busy Night for Primaries, Fresh Strains on Ceasefire, More
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News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Karen Moscow. The results are still coming in from a busy night of primary elections from coast to coast. In California, Republicans Steve Hilton and Democrat Javier Becerra have searched the top of the state's jungle primary for governor. With 57% of the votes counted, Hilton has nearly 28% and Becerra has 25.5%.
I sued Trump more than 120 times before and I won. And I won, and I won.
And anyone who wants to come at California will have to go through me. Javier Becerra is running ahead of fellow Democrat billionaire Tom Steyer with nearly 20% of the vote. The top two vote-getters will square off in November. And Los Angeles incumbent Mayor Karen Bass has been forced into a runoff. Her challenger still has not been decided, but currently Trump-backed Republican Spencer Pratt has the lead for the number two spot with 30.4%. Bass says she still has work to do.
We have led a grassroots campaign because we want to bring change to our city and that's what we've been doing and that's what we're going to continue to do.
And Democrat Karen Bass currently has 35% of the vote, not enough to win the election outright. Running behind Bass and Pratt is Nithya Raman, a former ally of the mayor and a progressive city council member. Raman currently has 22% of the vote. In New Jersey, former Navy helicopter pilot Rebecca Bennett is projected to win the Democratic primary in the 7th Congressional District. She leads three other candidates with 45.5% of the vote. Bennett will face Republican incumbent Tom Kane Jr., who's been away from Capitol Hill for months with an undisclosed medical issue. In the Senate race, Justin Murphy won the Republican primary with 33% of the vote. He'll face Democratic incumbent Cory Booker. And Annalilia Mejia ran away with the Democratic nomination for the 11th district seat left open by New Jersey Governor Mikey Sherrill.
Mejia won 81.5% of the vote. The race for Senate in Iowa could be competitive in November. Former Paralympian Josh Turek beat Zach Walsh in the Democratic primary 63 to 37 percent.
After 10 months traveling this state and hundreds of events meeting with Iowans in every corner of the state, I am proud to say that we have won this primary.
And Democrat Josh Turk will face Republican Ashley Hinson after she defeated former state senator Jim Carlin in their primary, 74 to 26 percent. In the Iowa governor's race, President Trump's endorsement was not enough to carry Congressman Randy Finstra to victory. He lost narrowly to conservative Zach Lawn in the Republican primary, 37.8 to 37 percent. And in New Mexico, Democrat Deb Haaland is a step closer to becoming the nation's first Native American governor. The former interior secretary won her primary against Sam Bregman in a landslide, getting 72 percent, and will face Republican Gregory Hull in November. Let's now turn to the latest developments in the war in Iran. The U.S. and Iran have been exchanging strikes in the latest flare-up during this fragile ceasefire.
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