Steve Hilton, a Republican endorsed by President Trump, will face Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, in the general election. Tom Steyer, another Democrat, will not advance.
The president is using the slow count of mail ballots in California to renew his effort to cast doubt on election outcomes he doesn’t like, despite a lack of evidence of any widespread fraud.
By baselessly framing the rise of a candidate for Los Angeles mayor as a Democratic scam, President Trump has extended his long-running project to erode public faith in elections.