Initial Election Results for the June 2 Primary

Locally, it was good news for Mike McGuire (partially), the SMART Train and Twin Hills School District

Jun 03, 2026

Well, that was an election to remember — or maybe to forget. To those of you who voted—which we assume is most of our readers—cheers for persevering through a ballot with 61 candidates for governor. May we never see another ballot like that one again.

Here are the initial election results from the California Secretary of State’s office. Ballots are still being counted, and there are 37 days left before the election is certified.

Let’s start hyper local…

MEASURE A: Twin Hills Union School District Bond, which needed 55% of the vote to pass, seems to have squeaked through with 56.74% of the vote. This measure authorizes the Twin Hills Union School District to issue $14 million in bonds, with a property tax rate not exceeding $30 per $100,000 of assessed value, to fund facility improvements and upgrades. With so many votes left to count, however, I wouldn’t be popping any champagne corks in the teacher lounge quite yet.
MEASURE B: Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit District Sales Tax Extension. Voters resoundingly approved the extension of a 1/4 cent sales tax to support SMART for the next 30 years. The initial count is 70.33% in favor and 29.67% opposed.

Governor

As of June 3, 6:45 am - 58% of votes counted

Republican Steve Hilton will face Xavier Becerra in the November general election.

Steve Hilton (R) — 27.8% (1,386,966 votes)
Xavier Becerra (D) — 25.4% (1,267,070 votes)
Tom Steyer (D) — 19.6% (979,007 votes)
Chad Bianco (R) — 11.3% (566,679 votes)
Katie Porter (D) — 4.6% (231,488 votes)
Matt Mahan (D) — 4.1% (205,563 votes)

All other candidates for governor got less than 4%.

U.S. House of Representatives District 1

Updated June 3, 2026, 6:06 AM — 50% of votes counted

Republican James Gallagher and Democrat Mike McGuire will face off in the November general election.

James Gallagher (R) — 47.2% (49,625 votes)
Mike McGuire (D) — 37.5% (39,416 votes)
Audrey Denney (D) — 13.4% (14,057 votes)

All other candidates in this race got less than 1%.

What’s happening in the race to replace Doug LaMalfa in his old (pre-redistricting) District 1?

Republican Congressman Doug La Malfa died in January. He represented the old, pre-redistricting District 1, which consisted of the reliably red, far northeastern corner of California. Yesterday’s election included a race to replace La Malfa for the remainder of his term—about six months. Gallagher, McGuire, and Denny (who also ran for the new District 1 seat) also competed for that short-term office. Here’s how that turned out, according to our partners at CalMatters: