Dem pollster dishes on which California election day races will be called early — and which may take days

Source: New York Post

Californians eager to know the state’s next governor will have their answer almost immediately Tuesday night — but voters waiting to see who wins the Los Angeles mayor’s race, San Francisco’s congressional race and the billionaire tax fight may be waiting for days, according to a top Democratic pollster. Paul Mitchell, the mapmaker for California’s Proposition 50 gerrymandering effort last year to combat President Trump and Republicans in other states, told The California Post that Democrat Xavier Becerra will be declared the winner over republican Steve Hilton in the governor’s race in nanoseconds. “I’m joking, but it’s going to be instant,” said Mitchell, vice president of Political Data Inc.