Good evening. Once again, I am Stephanie Rule and welcome to the Nightcat. We are now 153 days away from the midterms, and after one of the busiest primary days of the year, they're still counting ballots in the state of California. But here's what we know tonight. Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Javier Bacera are leading

the race to replace outgoing Governor Gavin Newsom. Incumbent Karen Bass has advanced to the runoff

in the hotly contested Los Angeles mayor's race, and on November 3rd, she will face either

former reality star Spencer Pratt or Republican or progressive Nitya Rahman, who is on LA's city council.

Also last night, Trump's endorsement streak ended in the state of Iowa.

Congressman Randy Feinstra lost the Republican gubernatorial primary, which means

Zach Lane will face Democrat Rob Sand in November.

See, there's a lot that was happening last night.

So let's bring in our nightcap. David Gurra joins us. No-Tie host of Bloomberg this weekend and the Big Take podcast. Tim O'Brien joins us. Bloomberg Opinion, senior executive editor and Trump biographer, Lizzie O'Leary, host of What Next? TBD Slate's a podcast about tech, power, and the future, and MS Now contributor, Richard Stengel. He's a former Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, as well as a former managing editor for Time magazine. David, what stood out to you about last night beside the fact that those who covered it had to stay up really late? Had to stay very late and work through the morning And still, we don't know the results of these races in California. Not because they're broken. Reminder, it's because this is how California operates. Well, I personally am just fascinated by the way that these elections play out in California, the kind of craziness of having all of these candidates and the top two ones move on. And for me, I was most interested in this mayoral race in Los Angeles

in part because Mr. Heidi Montag was involved in it. A lot of excitement surrounding that for me.

But I think it was a race where I was a fan of the hills. He was a burgeoning crystals business.

He does. He does. He does. We get that out there.

More about that in Block B. Sure, Block B. I'll take off another article of clothing besides the tie. Look, I think that it showcases the fact that there is kind of broad dissatisfaction with politics at the national level. But as he and the other candidates have brought up, there are still local issues that are animating voters. And I think that's what stood out to me the fact that, yes, there are issues we're all grappling with, cost of living, high fuel prices. But homelessness is something that really animated that race in Los Angeles. I would just like to say that David Gurra hosts his own podcast and television show two days a week. And there is no chance on Bloomberg. He has told that audience

that he once watched the hills. Good on MS. Okay, Lizzie, it has been more than 20 years

since an incumbent mayor of Los Angeles has faced a runoff. What does that say about the message

voters are sending? And is the situation with the fires in L.A.? Is that what makes this so unique?

I mean, I think the fires were such a devastating, world-shifting event for so many people on so many swaths of people in L.A.

Like, it wasn't one place.

It wasn't one demographic group.

You have all sorts of people who were affected.

And Karen Bass was not on the scene in those first moments, and people were really angry about that. I, as a former

Hills viewer, also find this incident that thing. I'm outing myself. Just completely bonkers, but I guess that's where we are right now,

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