{"id":3409,"date":"2026-06-10T05:06:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3409"},"modified":"2026-06-10T05:06:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:06:37","slug":"republican-steve-hilton-advances-in-california-governors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3409","title":{"rendered":"Republican Steve Hilton advances in California governor\u2019s race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hilton takes the second spot in the general election, setting up a contest with Democrat Xavier Becerra in November.<\/strong><\/p>

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Steve Hilton outside the state’s Capitol in Sacramento on June 3. (Rich Pedroncelli\/AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Republican Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host, will advance to the general election for California governor, the Associated Press projected <\/b>Tuesday, securing the second November spot after a complicated primary contest.<\/p>\n

He will face Democrat Xavier Becerra, a former health secretary. Hilton is not favored to win in such a heavily Democratic state that has not elected a Republican governor since Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006.<\/p>\n

Hilton, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, has argued he could win because of discontent with California\u2019s longtime Democratic leadership.<\/p>\n

In California\u2019s primaries, all candidates appear on the same ballot regardless of party, and the top two vote-getters advance to the general election.<\/p>\n

Hilton is on track to defeat Democrat Tom Steyer, the billionaire climate activist in third place who spent more than $200 million to self-fund his campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Election Day, Hilton held the largest vote share based on early returns, but his lead eroded as California counted more late-mailed ballots, which tend to favor Democrats. As Californians awaited primary <\/b>results, Trump and his GOP allies accused election officials of vote-rigging without any evidence. California\u2019s robust ballot-counting process<\/a> has added days, sometimes weeks, to the tallying time for close races.<\/p>\n

Hilton criticized the process after the primary, saying it was going at a \u201csnail\u2019s pace\u201d because Democrats had not reformed the state\u2019s counting system. But he did not call the results fraudulent.<\/p>\n

Both Republicans and Democrats feared their party would be shut out of the general election because of split votes.<\/p>

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But Hilton consolidated GOP support over the other leading Republican candidate, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, with the help of Trump\u2019s early April endorsement.<\/p>\n

Hilton, a 56-year-old emigrant from the United Kingdom, said he would \u201cMake California golden again.\u201d Like many of his opponents, Hilton focused on affordability, pitching himself as a candidate who would bring lower taxes and housing costs to the country\u2019s most populous state.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does look as if change is coming to California,\u201d he said at a June 3 news conference in Sacramento. \u201cAnd that is good news for everyone, every small business, every working family, everyone who wants to see our state set back on track.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dozens of candidates ran to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), though none of them had the high profiles typical in a California gubernatorial contest.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s race was also shaken in mid-April, when then-Rep. Eric Swalwell, who had emerged as the Democratic front-runner, dropped out of the race following allegations of sexual assault and misconduct.<\/p>\n

Becerra, who served as health secretary under president Joe Biden and was a longtime California congressman before that, bolted up in the polls, unexpectedly becoming the Democratic frontrunner after lagging for months.<\/p>\n

Hilton was an adviser to former prime minister David Cameron before moving to California in 2012 and becoming a U.S. citizen in 2021. He hosted podcasts and a television show before appearing on Fox News.<\/p>\n

The day after California\u2019s primary, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post that Hilton, whom he called a \u201chard driving WINNER,\u201d would \u201cturn California around, quickly.\u201d<\/p>

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