WASHINGTON (TNND) — Decision Desk HQ on Monday evening predicted that California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton will advance to the top-two primary.
“Decision Desk HQ projects Steve Hilton wins the second of two spots in the CA Governor Top-Two Primary,” Decision Desk HQ wrote on the social media platform, X. “#DecisionMade 8:37 PM EDT.”
Hilton said that it was an exciting night, but the Associated Press had not called the race yet.
“Thank you so much for all your congratulations!” he wrote on X. “We always said we would wait for @AP_RaceCalls before declaring victory so we’re not popping the champagne just yet…but it’s definitely time for a beer!”
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has advanced to the primary election with 27.7% of the vote with 82.9% of the vote counted.
Hilton is at 25.1% and Democratic billionaire Tom Steyer is at 22.4%, according to NBC News.
The election took place on June 2, but its taken days to count ballots.
Last week, Hilton slammed the state for the amount of time it took to count ballots.
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“This is COMPLETELY unacceptable,” he wrote on X. “There must be accountability for all the officials responsible for California’s election shambles.”