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a kennedy

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Wed Jun 3, 2026, 06:57 PM 19 hrs ago

This isn't good. FORMER Fox News host Steve Hilton is now in the lead..... [View all]

FORMER Fox News host Steve Hilton declared “change is coming” as he moved one step closer to replacing Gavin Newsom as California governor, with early results on Wednesday putting him ahead in the crowded race.

Hilton, who is running as a Republican, played a vital role in former British Prime Minister David Cameron’s rise to power across the pond, as he now seeks to lead California following Governor Gavin Newsom‘s departure.

Early results as of noon Pacific Time showed Hilton at 27.8%, followed by Democrat Xavier Becerra at 25.4% and billionaire Tom Steyer at 19.6%.

Hilton had 1,386,966 votes, while Becerra had 1,267,070, according to the California Secretary of State’s latest unofficial tally.

But the race is far from over, with all 19,788 precincts only partially reporting early Wednesday.

Early results showed Hilton narrowly ahead with nearly 1.4 million votes, followed by Becerra with nearly 1.3 million and Steyer with under 1 million.

https://www.the-sun.com/news/16445440/steve-hilton-california-governor-xavier-becerra/

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Why isn't it good? Math is as expected and favors Dem nominee in Nov. blm 19 hrs ago #1
Just wish it would have been someone else...... a kennedy 18 hrs ago #6
Truly UpInArms 18 hrs ago #8
Right. The only way this works for the Guardians of Pedophiles Bluetus 16 hrs ago #40
Exactly. It looks like the perfect scenario for Dems Bluetus 16 hrs ago #31
"We can do to California what Trump did to the White House!" struggle4progress 19 hrs ago #2
Seriously?? leftieNanner 19 hrs ago #3
Hope so.....and yah, there were at least 60. a kennedy 18 hrs ago #9
And the majority of them were Bettie 17 hrs ago #16
It says something about Newsom's viability. Frasier Balzov 19 hrs ago #4
Please explain. mr715 17 hrs ago #18
Why is a Republican leading in an at-large primary? Frasier Balzov 17 hrs ago #25
It is a jungle primary, and the democratic vote is split 8 ways mr715 17 hrs ago #27
That's quite an inferential leap. Nt spooky3 17 hrs ago #28
that's not how math works Renew Deal 17 hrs ago #29
No, republican is leading because democrats split the vote. LisaL 16 hrs ago #32
You know how popular my governor is? Lifeafter70 16 hrs ago #38
But reelected with a smaller margin than his first win. Frasier Balzov 16 hrs ago #39
Newsom's biggest weakness as a presidential candidate is simply being from California fujiyamasan 15 hrs ago #42
This is good news. senseandsensibility 18 hrs ago #5
So hope you're right. a kennedy 18 hrs ago #10
Only 55% of the votes have been counted. Later votes will skew Democratic. chia 18 hrs ago #7
Not to mention Porter, Mahan and other Democats karynnj 18 hrs ago #11
It wouldn't be impossible for Steyer to come back Sympthsical 17 hrs ago #24
I won't start paying attention until Friday. haele 18 hrs ago #12
FWIW, myself and a good chunk of people I know NoveltySocks 17 hrs ago #13
Yes.....don't want him to even think he'd have a chance. a kennedy 16 hrs ago #33
California is generally a 60/40 Dem/Rep state Sympthsical 17 hrs ago #14
*fingers crossed* a kennedy 17 hrs ago #19
Yes, we saw this in 2024 fujiyamasan 16 hrs ago #41
Seriously? LisaL 17 hrs ago #15
Yup, you're right, silly me, reading clickbait headlines eh?? a kennedy 17 hrs ago #22
Hilton being in the lead is meaningless LetMyPeopleVote 17 hrs ago #17
Damn right..... a kennedy 17 hrs ago #20
Exactly. LisaL 17 hrs ago #21
*thumbs up* a kennedy 17 hrs ago #23
I aee it a little differently MerryBlooms 17 hrs ago #26
Said numerous times, but I will say it again FHRRK1 16 hrs ago #30
For the first time in a long time I did not mail in my ballot but walked it to the voting center to be counted later kimbutgar 16 hrs ago #34
It is completely unconcerning. The 6 main Dems got 56%, the 2 main Repugs got 39%. RockRaven 16 hrs ago #35
Exactly. LisaL 16 hrs ago #36
Ignore the bullshit MSM. Our jungle primary distorts reality. There were over lostincalifornia 16 hrs ago #37
Irrelevant... regnaD kciN 15 hrs ago #43
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