"Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the former San Francisco mayor who has spent nearly eight years as understudy to Gov. Jerry Brown, secured a spot Tuesday night in the November general election to succeed the termed-out governor.
He will face John Cox, a little-known Republican businessman who moved to California only a few years ago and has lost four previous runs for elective office — including one for president. California’s outnumbered GOP voters coalesced around Cox after President Trump tweeted an endorsement of him late in the campaign. He was running second in Tuesday’s primary, with 26 percent of the vote, behind Newsom’s 34 percent.
Newsom’s fellow Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa, a former state Assembly speaker and ex-mayor of Los Angeles, was locked in a battle for third with GOP Assemblyman Travis Allen of Orange County. But only the top two finishers advance to the Nov. 6 general election, and both Villaraigosa and Allen were far behind Cox."
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He will face John Cox, a little-known Republican businessman who moved to California only a few years ago and has lost four previous runs for elective office — including one for president. California’s outnumbered GOP voters coalesced around Cox after President Trump tweeted an endorsement of him late in the campaign. He was running second in Tuesday’s primary, with 26 percent of the vote, behind Newsom’s 34 percent.
Newsom’s fellow Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa, a former state Assembly speaker and ex-mayor of Los Angeles, was locked in a battle for third with GOP Assemblyman Travis Allen of Orange County. But only the top two finishers advance to the Nov. 6 general election, and both Villaraigosa and Allen were far behind Cox."
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Gavin-Newsom-grabs-early-lead-in-CA-governor-s-12970788.php#photo-15675450