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Democrat Xavier Becerra beat Republican Steve Hilton handily in the governor's race yesterday, becoming the state's first Latino governor in more than 150 years.

• Becerra was expected to win the state where 45% of voters are registered Democrats and 25% are Republicans.

State of play: Becerra was largely out of the public eye after narrowly defeating businessman Tom Steyer in the June primary.

• He debated Hilton once, did a few media interviews and very little campaigning.

Becerra let the demographics do the work, GOP consultant Mike Madrid told Axios.

• "When you're up that big, there's no reason to make it a race," he said.

What's next: Political experts predict Becerra's governorship could be as quiet as his campaign.

• "He's the polar opposite of Gavin Newsom," CalMatters columnist Dan Walters told Axios. "He's a journeyman, a get along, go along-type politician."
• Walters predicts Becerra will prioritize unions' agendas, while Madrid expects he'll need to show he cares about Latino and working-class voters in the state.

The intrigue: Becerra could be a second chance for Democrats to prioritize those voters who turned to Trump in the past.

• "They're going to have to do something substantive from a policy perspective to change course and realize that it took 30 years to get into this bad spot and it's going to take a while to climb out," he said. "He's going to have to begin that process. I think he will."

Between the lines: Becerra's win is largely because of anti-Republican, anti-Trump feelings in California, Madrid said.

• Hilton, a Fox News host and political commentator, was endorsed by Trump during the primary.
• "This is a referendum on Donald Trump and the president and how people are feeling with the country right now," Madrid said. "It's overshadowing everything."

Catch up quick: Becerra, 68, is a former California attorney general and U.S. Health and Human Services secretary.

• He grew up in a working-class family in Sacramento. His mother immigrated from Mexico, while his father was born in Sacramento and raised in Mexico.

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Votes in several local races are still being counted, including for the countywide half-cent sales tax Measure B.

The big picture: The citizen-led measure would raise an estimated $400 million annually for health care, childcare, wildfire prep and the Tijuana River sewage crisis.

• In early returns, 52% of voters supported Measure B and 48% opposed it. It needs a simple majority to pass.

Meanwhile, here's the state of San Diego's four City Council races as of this morning, based on early returns.

• District 2: Nicole Crosby led with 54% of the vote, compared with 46% for Richard Bailey.
• District 4: The incumbent Henry Foster was behind challenger Martha Abraham. Abraham had 53%, Foster 47%.
• District 6: The incumbent Kent Lee led with 60%, compared with 40% for Mark Powell.
• District 8: Antonio Martinez led with 57%, compared with 43% for Gerardo Ramirez.

Zoom out: In the race for the District 5 seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, Republican Rebecca Jones led with 61% of the vote, compared with 39% for Democrat Kyle Krahel.

• Democrats had hoped to flip the seat from red to blue.

Caveat: The Registrar of Voters will continue counting ballots after election night, so the results will be updated.

Go deeper: Get your vote counts on all the state races, including propositions, here.

Democrat Marni von Wilpert is leading in early returns in the race for the 48th Congressional District.

• Von Wilpert, a San Diego City Councilmember, has 60% of the vote.
• Republican Jim Desmond, a San Diego County supervisor, has 40% of the vote.

The big picture: Nationally, Democrats set the race in their sights as a chance to flip a House seat from red to blue. It drew national attention and significant outside spending.

Zoom out: The seat opened after Republican Rep. Darrell Issa opted not to seek another term.

• That was after the state redrew congressional district boundaries to favor Democrats.
• The new 48th stretches across inland San Diego and Riverside counties, including Escondido, Vista, San Marcos, Temecula, Murrieta and Palm Springs.

🗳️ There's now an official effort to recall Mayor Gloria. A group led by criminal justice advocate Genevieve Jones Wright filed a Notice of Intent to begin the recall process. (Times of San Diego)

• They could begin collecting signatures Nov. 24 and have 120 days to collect the signatures of at least 15% of registered voters in the city.
• If that happens, the council is required to call a special election.

💰 The city tapped its rainy-day fund for $4.7 million to close last year's budget gap. That's the first time it made a withdrawal in more than a decade. (Voice of San Diego)

🤖 A City Heights nonprofit built an AI lab to teach residents how to use tools like Claude and Copilot for budgeting, business planning and other tasks. It expects to open to the public by year's end. (10News)

Some voters got snuggles along with civic engagement yesterday.

• The Helen Woodward Animal Center brought adoptable puppies to a polling station in Rancho Peñasquitos.

They were there to help voters with their stress, and it appeared to be working. The pups got lots of love, not caring at all who was on the ballot.

👸🏼 Claire is watching videos of Jess McClain at the NYC marathon on repeat.

👩🏻‍🍼 Kate is on parental leave.

This newsletter was edited by Geoff Ziezulewicz.