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On Apple, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Karen, we begin with politics and a busy night of primary elections from coast to coast. Let's start in California, where a crowded race for governor is still being decided. Right now, about half the votes are in, and Republican Steve Hilton is in the lead with 27.7% of the vote.
It looks very much as if Californians really will have the chance to vote for change in November and take... And take our state and take our state in a new direction.
Steve Hilton is a GOP strategist with President Trump's endorsement. He's followed by Democrat Javier Becerra in second with 25.4 percent. Billionaire Tom Steyer is third with 19.6 percent. The top two vote getters will face each other in the November general election under California's jungle primary system.
And in the Los Angeles mayor's race, Nathan incumbent Karen Bass has been forced into a runoff. According to the Associated Press, she currently has 36 percent of the vote, short of the 50 percent of the vote needed to win the election outright. Her challenger still has not been decided. But right now, Republican Spencer Pratt is in the lead for second place with 29.1 percent of the vote.
Obviously, I was going to accept whatever God's plan was tonight. I was going to be happy if I wasn't moving forward because I would have known God didn't want me to be the mayor. But now I feel very confident that I am going to continue to work hard.
Spencer Pratt is a former reality TV star who's accused Bass of letting last year's Los Angeles wildfires get out of control. and not doing enough to tackle homelessness. Running behind Bass and Pratt was Nithya Raman, a former ally of the mayor and a progressive city council member elected with support from the Democratic Socialists of America. Raman currently has 22 percent of the vote.
That was also an important election night in New Jersey, Karen, in a House district that could be key for Republicans holding their majority in November. With 90 percent of votes counted, former Navy helicopter pilot Rebecca Bennett is projected to win the Democratic primary in the 7th Congressional District with 45.5 percent. Bloomberg's Tom Annette reports this result is not a big surprise.
She had raised much more money than the rest of the field. You know, there is sort of the party establishment had been sort of coalescing around her. And I think, you know, as as more and more money was drawn in, you know, she she established herself as the clear front runner.
Bloomberg's Tom Annette notes Bennett will go on to face Republican incumbent Tom Cain Jr. He's been away from Capitol Hill since March with an unexplained medical issue. He's missed more than 100 votes to date.
In the race for New Jersey Senate, Nathan, Justin Murphy is the Republican winner with 33.3% of the vote. Murphy defeated a field of three other candidates during the GOP nod. He'll face Democratic incumbent Cory Booker, who's running for a third full term. And Annalilia Mejia is the winner of the Democratic race in the 11th congressional district seat left open by New Jersey Governor Mikey Sherrill.
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