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Welcome to a special (and sleep-deprived!) edition of California Today.

The nation’s eyes were on our state Tuesday, and for good reason. California may be the most important battleground for Democrats in their drive to claim a majority in Congress. But Democrats have been nervous because of California’s “top two” election system, which they have worried might shut them out from the November ballot in some pivotal races.

As of early this morning, California was living up to its reputation for being notoriously slow at vote counting, and a lot remains to be seen.

Still, here’s a look at what we know so far:

• Our reporters put together this story, which rounds up everything that happened on Tuesday. At the top of the ticket, Gavin Newsom, the Democratic lieutenant governor and former mayor of San Francisco, captured one of two spots on the November ballot. The other went to John Cox, a Republican business executive. That left Antonio R. Villaraigosa, a Democrat and former Los Angeles mayor, out of the mix.