{"id":338301,"date":"2026-05-29T23:39:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T23:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/338301\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T23:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T23:39:20","slug":"california-governor-candidates-make-final-push-before-primary-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/338301\/","title":{"rendered":"California governor candidates make final push before primary election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CALIFORNIA, USA \u2014 With four days remaining until California&#8217;s primary election, the leading candidates for governor are making their final appeals to undecided voters.<\/p>\n<p>A new<a href=\"https:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/item\/5s8858hd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0UC Berkeley IGS poll<\/a> released Friday showed Democrat Xavier Becerra leading the race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom. The poll found Republican Steve Hilton at 21% and Democrat Tom Steyer at 19%.<\/p>\n<p>Steyer spent Friday campaigning in the Sacramento region, beginning with a stop in West Sacramento where he received a warm welcome from members of SEIU.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Making California affordable for the working people of California and standing up for working people. That&#8217;s what this race is about,&#8221; Steyer said.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire candidate reiterated his priorities as he sought support from voters who have not yet made a decision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we&#8217;re going to have single payer health care, we&#8217;re going to have to take on the establishment,&#8221; Steyer said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the enthusiasm at the event, some voters said they are still weighing their options.<\/p>\n<p>Gigi Dagare, an IHSS employee and SEIU member, said health care remains a key issue for her family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My son is nonverbal, he&#8217;s autistic. I give up everything, my career, my business, everything to be there for my child. So if this program is threatened, that means my child&#8217;s life is threatened and my life is threatened. And we really need a candidate who will stand for us,&#8221; Dagare said.<\/p>\n<p>Later Friday, Steyer made a stop at UC Davis to reach younger voters.<\/p>\n<p>Freshman Peter Jorgensen said he was interested in Steyer&#8217;s comments about helping working-class families.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wanna see how he can through his reforms for single payer healthcare in California can help my family receive the health care that we need,&#8221; Jorgensen said.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the state, Becerra held an event in Palm Springs focused on undecided voters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s still a lot of Californians who haven&#8217;t voted. The numbers are a little scary that they are so low. I&#8217;m hoping it&#8217;s because folks are waiting to see where this race really was, so their vote would really count,&#8221; Becerra said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Clovis, Hilton addressed voters and discussed transgender students.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;AB1266 the law that makes all this insanity possible, violates the California state constitution. That gives us the legal ground to overturn this obscene law,&#8221; Hilton said.<\/p>\n<p>With four days remaining before the primary election, candidates across the state are continuing their efforts to reach undecided voters.<\/p>\n<p>More from ABC10: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NMf0pg9TFeI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">California Governor&#8217;s Race: The Final Stretch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    ABC10: Watch, Download, Read<\/p>\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery__image\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dab36bdf-b38e-4340-b659-233485f2d9af_750x422.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>                                &#13;<br \/>\n                                &#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    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