Steve Hilton

California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton's ad likening voting Republican to a lesbian tryst has been criticised as creepy

Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton visits patrons at Victorio’s Ristorante in North Hollywood, where they held a watch party for the CNN debate between candidates Democrat Xavier Becerra and Hilton on Wednesday night

Viewers at Victorio’s Ristorante in North Hollywood attend a watch party Wednesday night for the CNN debate between gubernatorial candidates Democrat Xavier Becerra, left, and Republican Steve Hilton

Gavin Newsom signed a new package of artificial intelligence laws that places limits on how employers can use automated systems to discipline or fire workers and requires additional disclosure when AI contributes to large-scale job cuts

Gavin Newsom signs bill proposing new congressional maps in California amid national redistricting war

Democratic and Republican voters have selected contenders for key races in the 3 November midterms that will decide the balance of power in Congress, and the future of both parties

Now, the California energy world is buzzing about the proposal

Those forces will clash under the bright lights at POLITICO’s Sacramento Summit at 3 p.m. ET today

He blamed the state's problems — from homelessness to low student test scores — squarely on Democrats, who hold every statewide office and supermajorities in the Legislature

Party loyalty remains strong, with 93% of Democrats supporting Becerra and 90% of Republicans favoring Hilton

Military assistance totaling billions annually used to get bipartisan support in Washington

Residents in San Marcos, whose townhome community is governed by the Ambiance Owners Association, are refusing to remove American flags displayed outside their homes despite notices from the homeowners association

Bill Essayli, shown in November at a news conference, has urged Californians on social media to submit evidence of “potential election fraud.”

Republican Steve Hilton finished ahead of many high-spending Democrats in the governor’s race to advance to the November election facing Democrat Xavier Becerra

This week, the former Fox News host and British Conservative Party policy wonk has repeatedly identified the majority of Californians who think the state is on the wrong track as a bloc he can win

When President Donald Trump made claims of Democratic vote-rigging in the Los Angeles election, his top appointed prosecutor in the city took to the cameras to validate those beliefs while hinting his office may never be able prove that kind of grand conspiracy

He rallies the rightwing media ecosystem to spread the lie; he convinces his followers to believe it

Former Fox News host Steve Hilton will face former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra in the November gubernatorial election

His opponent remains undecided between Republican Steve Hilton and billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer in the nonpartisan primary

A federal investigation into California’s election process has opened after President Donald Trump made unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud following the state’s June 2 primary, where vote counting is still ongoing

The rankings could still change significantly, and residents may have to wait weeks to learn who will face off in November

Behind him are the two top Democratic candidates, former Biden official Xavier Becerra at 25% and billionaire Tom Steyer at 20%

California’s heavy reliance on mail-in voting and lengthy ballot verification process frequently delays definitive outcomes in tightly contested elections

With roughly 4.6 million ballots still outstanding, Hilton has 26.7% of the vote to Becerra's 25.9%, while billionaire activist Tom Steyer trails in third place with 19.7%, according to NBC News

Xavier Becerra has not run on any major policy swerves (except for backing away from Newsom’s electric vehicle ambitions), but temperamentally, he’s 180 degrees from the incumbent

Spencer Pratt stuns Bill Maher with fact about LA's homeless

Former Fox News host Steve Hilton’s bid to become California governor has received a high-profile boost from President Donald Trump—but new data suggests the Republican candidate still faces a steep climb as voters head to the polls

Polls also have Becerra leading though they show a tighter race for second than betting odds would appear to suggest

Hilton now finds himself in with a real shot at entering the final runoff, despite never previously having held elected office on either side of the pond — and a political past which appears at odds with his embrace of MAGA Republicanism

Democrats outnumber Republicans in the state nearly two to one

Alex Padilla, Democratic leaders began to panic over a nightmare scenario: so many Democrats splitting the vote that both leading Republicans, former Fox News host Steve Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, could advance from the top-two primary on June 2 — raising the once-unthinkable prospect of a GOP governor in deep-blue California

The Berkeley survey suggests the former Health secretary is edging out billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer ahead of Tuesday’s top-two primary

The former reality star’s dark visions of Los Angeles are resonating in a heated mayoral race, even if they’re far from the truth

Spencer Pratt’s sister Stephanie Pratt is now supporting her brother’s campaign for Los Angeles mayor months after claiming a vote for him was a "vote for stupidity."

Now, regulators are feathering the brakes as cost concerns reshape climate politics nationwide

At one point earlier this year, public polling suggested Bianco had a legitimate path to the November runoff — with some surveys showing two Republicans potentially advancing in California's unusual top-two primary system

After spending $192.4 million of his personal wealth on his bid to become California’s next governor, Steyer is among the leading contenders in the June 2 primary

But the initial reaction to the news underscored Becerra’s damned-either-way bind in this corruption case

Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, a Democratic front-runner in the governor’s race, faced a barrage of attacks during Thursday’s debate hours after his former campaign manager pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges

It also helps Newsom ease his own political vulnerabilities ahead of a likely 2028 presidential run

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has moved into a narrow lead in California's crowded race for governor, edging Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Tom Steyer in a new Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics survey released Wednesday, with less than three weeks until the June 2 top-two primary

Taoiseach Albert Reynolds is fighting for his political life in a general election

Steve Hilton, a Republican front-runner in the race for governor of California, recently visited the oldest operating Del Taco in the United States for what he might have thought would be an uncontroversial pit stop

California Democratic leaders have shifted their strategy to prevent their party from being locked out of the governor’s race: Instead of thinking about consolidating the field, they have turned to behind-the-scenes operations and political spending aimed at tamping down Republicans and building up Democratic turnout

A second former Biden official shared that view, describing Becerra as having been “absent” on Covid responses

The seven participants in Tuesday night’s California gubernatorial debate onstage at East Los Angeles College

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican, joined the stage with six other candidates Tuesday night to make a case for why he should be the next governor

The Golden State's unusual top‑two primary system raises the possibility, however slim, that Democrats could be shut out of the general election altogether

It might not seem like the right moment for California’s next governor to come from Silicon Valley

Two decades have passed since California last elected a Republican governor, but GOP candidate Steve Hilton points to 6 million reasons why he believes it’s possible to do so again