{"id":344237,"date":"2026-06-03T06:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344237\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T06:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:35:10","slug":"live-updates-primary-elections-hilton-and-becerra-lead-california-governor-race-bass-advances-in-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344237\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Primary elections, Hilton and Becerra lead California governor race, Bass advances in LA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/still-22679717-3158509-923-still.jpg\" alt=\"still_22679717_3158509.923_still.jpg\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Trump-backed Feenstra concedes GOP gubernatorial primary\n                <\/p>\n<p>        0:20<\/p>\n<p>                                 \u2022 Source:<\/p>\n<p>KCCI<\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780468510_483_still-22679717-3158509-923-still.jpg\" alt=\"still_22679717_3158509.923_still.jpg\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Trump-backed Feenstra concedes GOP gubernatorial primary<\/p>\n<p>        0:20<\/p>\n<p>                 \u2022 <\/p>\n<p>KCCI<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpxikpzc00063b6ryylzf0i1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Zach Lahn, an Iowa farmer and businessman, will win the Republican nomination for governor, CNN\u2019s Decision Desk projects, defeating a Trump-backed challenger and defying the party establishment in the race.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpxjmmp600033b6rqxrl7fs3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Lahn, who has never held elected office, mounted an outsider campaign for the nomination, winning the support of social conservative influencers including from the \u201cMake America Healthy Again\u201d movement and former 4th District Rep. Steve King, whose history loomed over the contest. King was ousted from Congress in the 2020 election, following years of controversy and accusations of racism, by Rep. Randy Feenstra \u2014 one of Lahn\u2019s top rivals who was endorsed by President Donald Trump in the days leading up to the primary.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpxjoonk00043b6rx2x3rrws@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In a concession speech that took many of his Republican supporters by surprise, Feenstra spoke to family and friends in his hometown of Hull in northwestern Iowa on Tuesday night.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"pull-quote_block-quote__text  vossi-pull-quote_block-quote__text inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"text\">\n                    \u201cThe outcome wasn\u2019t what I wanted,\u201d Feenstra said, \u201cbut for me and I think everyone in this room, God has some awesome plans.\u201d\n                <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780468510_143_06-gettyimages-2278969949.jpg\" alt=\"Republican gubernatorial candidate US Rep Randy Feenstra (R-IA) speaks to guests during a campaign event at the Silo City farm on May 30, near Sioux Rapids, Iowa.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1600\" width=\"2457\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpxjkccy00033b6rjie1ph0e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Feenstra, a devout member of the First Christian Reformed Church, asked his supporters to pray with him during his brief remarks: \u201cLord, I humbly ask that you continue to be with Zach Lahn as he furthers the campaign that he can glorify you in all that he does.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpxjkaex00003b6rpebpkbr5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Outgoing GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds\u2019 unexpected retirement sparked a crowded succession race, with Feenstra and Lahn jumping in alongside Adam Steen, the former director of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services, and Brad Sherman, a former one-term state representative and pastor.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpxjrm1400053b6r1cuybi7o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Lahn now advances to a closely watched general election campaign against state auditor Rob Sand, who ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination and has posted robust fundraising numbers while energizing his party.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trump-backed Feenstra concedes GOP gubernatorial primary 0:20 \u2022 Source: KCCI Trump-backed Feenstra concedes GOP gubernatorial primary 0:20 \u2022&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-344237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}