Emerson College<\/a> Polling survey, Becerra widened the lead with support from 28% of likely voters in the state and Tom Steyer was in second place with 22%. Hilton was trailing Steyer at 21%, distancing further from the GOP competitor Bianco at 12%. <\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTonight the governor\u2019s race is in its final weekend push, with candidates spreading out across the state campaigning. Tracey Leong reports for the NBC4 News at 8 p.m. on May 30, 2026.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The campaign for California governor<\/p>\n
The contenders have been traveling across the state that includes roughly 23 million registered voters as they seek an edge over rivals. Becerra, Hilton, Steyer and Bianco will all be in the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend. Fresno and Los Angeles have also been popular campaign stops.<\/p>\n
Becerra has been highlighting the more than 35 years he’s spent in state and federal office.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not a place for on-the-job training,\u201d he said on a podcast hosted by political commentator Ana Navarro. \u201cYou better know what you\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was scheduled to hit a text-banking event with Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta in San Francisco and rally with the Service Employees International Union in San Jose.<\/p>\n
Hilton has been selling himself as someone who would bring a fresh set of eyes to state government, reduce regulations, and bring down housing and energy costs. In a social media video posted Saturday night, Hilton warned Republican votes to unite behind him or risk a \u201cdoomsday scenario\u201d of losing a spot in the general election. He urged Bianco to suspend his campaign in the race’s final days.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we don’t get together as a party, if we don’t unite, then we could have Tom Steyer and Xavier Becerra in the general election and that is a disaster for California \u2014 it means no change,\u201d Hilton said.<\/p>\n
He’s pushed a message he has said is not ideological but commonsense, with a focus on cutting prices. Hilton held a town hall Silicon Valley on Saturday night. Hilton has been cautious not to emphasize Trump\u2019s endorsement. If he advances to the November election, he will need to appeal to voters outside his party to win in the Democrat-dominated state that hasn\u2019t had a Republican governor since 2011.<\/p>\n
Steyer is a billionaire who, on X Saturday, said he’s the \u201conly candidate who would support the billionaire tax in November.” The candidate has framed the race as a contest between three candidates: himself, Hilton and Becerra. Steyer has described Hilton as \u201ca hard-right Republican who\u2019s endorsed by Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steyer on Saturday focused several social media posts on Becerra, repeating an argument he recently told a crowd of supporters at a sports bar in Berkeley. Becerra, \u201cto my surprise, is a corporate Democrat,” he said, referencing Becerra’s acceptance of campaign contributions from Chevron.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the third person\u2019s me,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I am running because Californians can\u2019t afford to live here anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steyer\u2019s headed to a campaign rally Saturday in San Francisco to put a finer point on his message to voters.<\/p>\n
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, meanwhile, mingled with voters in Los Angeles, Porter motivated campaign volunteers in Orange County, and Bianco laid out his vision at a church in San Jose. He didn’t immediately respond to Hilton’s social media plea for him to exit the race.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShe’s been closely trailed by Nithya Raman in the second place, followed by Spencer Pratt. Conan Nolan reports for the NBC4 News at 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, 2026.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The campaign for mayor of Los Angeles<\/p>\n
Bass is pursuing her second term after a tumultuous first, which included devastating wildfires and a rebuilding process that critics say is too slow.<\/p>\n
The mayor has focused her reelection on the progress that has been made, such a decrease in street homelessness, which she leaned into on a livestream on Instagram Saturday before going after her opponent, Pratt.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have a failed reality TV star who wants to be famous,\u201d she told two actresses on the livestream, before seemingly referencing President Donald Trump. \u201cWe know what it means if you put somebody who is a reality TV star in a seat of power.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pratt, who loss of his home in the wildfires became central to his campaign against Bass, is running a buzzy, social media driven campaign with populist messaging with promises to rid the city of disorder and dysfunction. On Saturday on X, Pratt threw out a few attacks at Raman, the city councilwoman, who both Pratt and Bass have, in different ways, tried to paint as too progressive.<\/p>\n
Raman’s campaign is partly focused on affordability and infrastructure. Both Raman and Pratt have attacked Bass for her response to the wildfires, though their recent posts have been directed at each other.<\/p>\n
In a video posted to Instagram Saturday, Raman cited a recent poll. \u201cAfter millions of dollars of spending against us, we are still here and we are still competitive,” she said, before asking people to vote ahead of Tuesday.<\/p>\n
A November runoff appears likely because there are more than a dozen names on the ballot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Primary election campaign season is winding down with candidates for California governor and Los Angeles mayor making final…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,38024,13],"class_list":["post-340392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-decision-2026","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340392","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=340392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}