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Latest California Governor primary results as Democrats Katie Porter, Tom Steyer and Xavier Becerra and Republicans Chad Bianco, Steve Hilton vie for nominations to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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State Sen. Scott Wiener and Supervisor Connie Chan were the top two finishers in the open primary to represent San Francisco as Nancy Pelosi retires.
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Steve Hilton, a Republican, and Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, were leading in election night returns. Tom Steyer, another Democrat, urged patience as more votes were being counted.
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Aaron Flint defeated three other Republicans, including Christi Jacobsen, the Montana secretary of state.
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Representative Hinson, a third-term lawmaker, was the favorite of Republican leaders and donors. The general election is expected to be unusually competitive.
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Senator Steve Daines withdrew his candidacy for re-election moments before the filing deadline, and then endorsed Kurt Alme in what appeared to be a coordinated swap to preclude competition.
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Some Republicans outside polling sites acknowledged how strange it felt to cast a ballot for Representative Thomas Kean Jr., who has not been seen in public for months.
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The former House member built her reputation by grilling corporate executives, and she has a strong command of policy. But questions about her demeanor have been a drag on her campaign.
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Israeli drones have killed at least eight people in Lebanon despite an announcement Monday by U.S. President Donald Trump that both Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to stop fighting. Trump's intervention came as Israel threatened new strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, leading Iran to suspend indirect negotiations with the U.S. to protest Israel's expanding military offensive in Lebanon. Since March 2, Israel has killed more than 3,400 people in Lebanon while seizing large swaths of the country and displacing about one-fifth of the population.
Lebanon is "a weak state, it doesn't have a lot of leverage, and a lot of people are concerned," says Associated Press reporter Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut. "They sort of feel beholden to the regional and global powers on their fate."
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Ironically, though, the former president did not join any of the Republican presidential primary debates.
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