Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra lead the field with slow process of vote counting still underway
The highly watched race for California governor was deadlocked Wednesday as the state continued to slowly count votes – a process that could take days or even weeks.
With nearly 60% of the votes counted, Steve Hilton, a Republican, former UK political operative and Fox News host, was narrowly ahead. Xavier Becerra, a Democrat and the former health secretary who led the field after a tumultuous campaign, was in second place while Tom Steyer, a billionaire environmental activist running as a progressive, trailed in third.