not be a good thing<\/a> in California,\u201d where two-thirds of voters oppose him. \u201cIt will matter to MAGA people, but not so much to others.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\nRepublican National Committee member Shawn Steel said that receiving the party\u2019s imprimatur \u2018is always important because it\u2019s a way to tip the scales to the state\u2019s 5.8 million Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n
State Sen. Tony Strickland of Huntington Beach (Orange County), a Hilton supporter, said Trump\u2019s endorsement will be more influential \u201cif the Steve HIlton campaign can communicate that to voters.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both candidates fought hard for the party\u2019s nod.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a candidate for California governor, speaks Saturday during a forum at the state Republican Party Convention in San Diego.<\/p>\n
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In his speech to delegates Saturday,\u00a0Bianco went hard right. He promised to eliminate the California Environmental Quality Act, the California Coastal Commission, the California Air Resources Board and sanctuary city protections for undocumented immigrants.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bianco said Friday that he voted for Trump three times, but \u201cas much as I love our president, he proved that he makes bad decisions too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bianco\u2019s supporters were vocal throughout the convention, with many sporting cowboy hats. Bianco\u2019s Western-themed party Saturday night featured an area where supporters could take photos with calves.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Hilton\u2019s convention party didn\u2019t feature any livestock, but the Atherton resident mentioned Trump\u2019s endorsement repeatedly throughout the weekend, saying he hopes that it will unite the party behind him. At a Friday night cigar party, he told attendees that Trump\u2019s \u201cprecious gift\u201d won\u2019t just help him, it will help turn out base voters in this year\u2019s midterm elections, when Democrats are expected to pick up seats after voters approved Proposition 50\u2019s redrawn maps.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While the party\u2019s delegates deadlocked on their choice for governor, they endorsed Sonja Shaw for superintendent of public instruction, Stacy Korsgaden for insurance commissioner,\u00a0 Michael Gates for attorney general, Jennifer Hawks for treasurer, and Gloria Romero for lieutenant governor.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Supporters of California governor candidates Chad\u00a0Bianco and Steve Hilton rally at the California Republican Party Convention in San…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,13],"class_list":{"0":"post-264471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news","11":"tag-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264471","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=264471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}