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<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTRUMP’S ‘DEPUTY SURGEON GENERAL’ IN HIS FIRST TERM. ### THE RACE FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR IS HEATING UP. ‘EMERSON COLLEGE POLLS’ SHOW… TWO REPUBLICANS ARE IN THE LEAD AFTER ERIC SWALWELL’S DEPARTURE. STEVE HILTON LEADS WITH 17-PERCENT…. FOLLOWED BY RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF CHAD BIANCO AT 14. DEMOCRATIC BILLIONAIRE TOM STEYER IS TIED WITH BIANCO. TRAILING DEMOCRATS INCLUDE… FORMER U.S. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY \u00e1\u00e1XAVIER BECERRA\u00e1\u00e1 AND FORMER REPRESENTATIVE \u00e1\u00e1KATIE PORTER\u00e1\u00e1… BOTH ARE TIED AT 10-PERCENT. FOLLOWED BY SAN JOSE MAYOR \u00e1\u00e1MATT MAHAN\u00e1\u00e1 AT 5-PERCENT. THE POLL ALSO FOUND 23-PERCENT OF LIKE\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Republicans lead in California governor race post Swalwell exit<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 1:30 PM PDT Apr 17, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe California governor’s race is heating up, with Emerson College polls showing two Republicans leading after Eric Swalwell’s departure. Steve Hilton leads with 17%, followed by Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco at 14%. Democratic billionaire Tom Steyer is tied with Bianco at 14%. Trailing Democrats include former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and former Representative Katie Porter both tied at 10%. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan follows with 5%. The poll also found that 23% of likely voters said they are still undecided, meaning the race remains wide open.See more coverage of top Central Coast stories | Download our app \/ Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tSALINAS, Calif. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The California governor’s race is heating up, with Emerson College polls showing two Republicans leading after Eric Swalwell’s departure. <\/p>\n Steve Hilton leads with 17%, followed by Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco at 14%. Democratic billionaire Tom Steyer is tied with Bianco at 14%. <\/p>\n Trailing Democrats include former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and former Representative Katie Porter both tied at 10%. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan follows with 5%. <\/p>\n The poll also found that 23% of likely voters said they are still undecided, meaning the race remains wide open.<\/p>\n See more coverage of top Central Coast stories<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> \/ Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TRUMP’S ‘DEPUTY SURGEON GENERAL’ IN HIS FIRST TERM. ### THE RACE FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR IS HEATING UP. ‘EMERSON…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2820,7,9,8,118637,1751,21241,23615,46487,24115,118638,118636,671,8814,1748,17382,669,41977],"class_list":["post-273767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-app","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-democratic-billionaire-tom-steyer","tag-democrats","tag-departure","tag-download","tag-emerson-college-poll","tag-eric-swalwell","tag-former-representative-katie-porter","tag-former-u-s-health","tag-more-coverage","tag-morning-newsletter","tag-republicans","tag-steve-hilton","tag-subscribe","tag-top-central-coast-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273767","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=273767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}