LOS ANGELES (AP) — The full slate of statewide candidates for November’s elections all but filled out Wednesday, as a Republican mayor won a close primary race for state controller and the Democrat seeking a second term as California’s top education official was forced into a fall runoff despite a strong showing.Democrats hold all eight statewide offices, and the five incumbents making another run won easily in Tuesday’s primaries. Meanwhile, Republicans trying to regain relevance in the state could take solace from the results of two races for lesser-known offices.Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin topped a crowded field of candidates for the open controller’s seat by grabbing 24 percent of votes, while former Democratic state Assembly leader John Perez fought just to make it to November.Perez was in a virtual dead heat with fellow Democrat Betty Yee and Republican David Evans, three percentage points behind Swearengin. Despite leading in the too-close-to-call race for second by just 1,600 votes of 3 million counted, Perez’s campaign emailed supporters that “we are headed to the runoff.”Swearengin said her priorities would be greater oversight of state spending and using the controller’s position on various state boards and commissions to encourage job creation.Even though all precincts around the state have reported, hundreds of thousands of late-arriving mail-in and provisional ballots were still being counted.