{"id":163274,"date":"2026-02-04T08:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/163274\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T08:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:09:16","slug":"california-gubernatorial-debate-underway-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/163274\/","title":{"rendered":"California gubernatorial debate underway in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO – Several candidates are running to become California’s <\/a>next governor.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the June primary election, FOX 11 and KTVU FOX 2 are hosting a televised gubernatorial debate, giving voters an opportunity to hear directly from the candidates on the top issues affecting the state.<\/p>\n

Candidates participating in the debate include Xavier Becerra, Steve Hilton, Matt Mahan, Tom Steyer, Tony Thurmond, Antonio Villaraigosa, and Betty Yee.<\/p>\n

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The debate, in partnership with KTVU FOX 2 and the Black Action Alliance<\/a>, is being held at the Ruth Williams Bay View Opera House in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

The event is hosted by KTVU FOX 2 political reporter Greg Lee and anchor Andre Senior, along with FOX 11’s Marla Tellez.<\/p>\n

Co-hosts include the Black Action Alliance, The Black Freedom Fund, Black Leadership Council, Black Women Organized for Political Action, CalVoices, and the California African American Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n

Where to watch the debate<\/p>\n

The debate will air live on FOX 11 and KTVU FOX 2 on Tuesday, February 3, 2026 | 5:30 PM \u2013 8:00 PM (Live Broadcast)<\/p>\n

You can stream the debate on the FOX LOCAL<\/a> app as well as FOX 11’s<\/a> and KTVU FOX 2’s<\/a> YouTube.<\/p>\n

Who is participating in the gubernatorial debate?<\/p>\n

Antonio Villaraigosa, former Los Angeles mayor<\/p>\n

Matt Mahan, San Jose mayor<\/p>\n

Betty Yee, former California state controller<\/p>\n

Xavier Becerra, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and Attorney General of California<\/p>\n

Steve Hilton, political commentator and political adviser<\/p>\n

Tony Thurmond, California’s state superintendent of public instruction<\/p>\n

READ MORE:California Governor Debate: Meet the candidates<\/a><\/p>\n

When is California’s gubernatorial election?<\/p>\n

California’s primary election will take place on June 2, 2026. The general election will take place on Nov. 3. The top two vote-getters in the primary, regardless of party preference, will move on to the General Election in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO – Several candidates are running to become California’s next governor. Ahead of the June primary election,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3702,79065,3703,79064,7,9,8,35460,11592,73180,79063,12583,4421,45070,17382,25299,23894,3707],"class_list":["post-163274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-antonio-villaraigosa","tag-attorney-general-of-california","tag-betty-yee","tag-black-action-alliance","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-california-state-controller","tag-fox","tag-fox-11","tag-gubernatorial-debate","tag-ktvu","tag-matt-mahan","tag-primary-election","tag-steve-hilton","tag-tom-steyer","tag-tony-thurmond","tag-xavier-becerra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}