The race for California governor in November will be a battle between a Democrat promising to cement the state\u2019s status as a stronghold of liberal policies and a Republican pledging to dramatically reverse course in America\u2019s most populous state.<\/p>\n
Republican Steve Hilton, a former Fox News commentator backed by President Donald Trump, has won enough votes to advance to the general election, Associated Press determined on Tuesday. He will face Democrat Xavier Becerra, a former state attorney general and health secretary under President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n
The winner will succeed Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom to lead the state that is home to roughly 39 million people, Hollywood, a booming tech industry and a vast farming region that helps feed the nation. By itself, California represents one of the largest economies in the world at US$4.25 trillion.<\/p>\n
Newsom, one of his party\u2019s top foils against the Trump administration, was widely seen as eyeing a run for president himself in 2028.<\/p>\n
The next governor will have to take on stubborn issues including a high cost of living, housing shortages and homelessness.<\/p>\n
Hilton is banking his campaign on voters being frustrated enough to do something they have not done in two decades: elect a Republican to statewide office. The last time that happened was when Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger won a second term in 2006. Hilton has campaigned as an outsider who would bring change after more than 15 years of one-party rule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The race for California governor in November will be a battle between a Democrat promising to cement the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4302,5167,7,9,8,144409,536,14019,457,13934,13912,63,11053,6214,121,17382,3707],"class_list":["post-354185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-arnold-schwarzenegger","tag-associated-press","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-conservative-party","tag-donald-trump","tag-fox-news","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-jerry-brown","tag-joe-biden","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-november","tag-republican","tag-sacramento","tag-steve-hilton","tag-xavier-becerra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354185","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=354185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}