{"id":354199,"date":"2026-06-10T04:44:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T04:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/354199\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T04:44:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T04:44:46","slug":"xavier-becerra-steve-hilton-progress-to-general-election-for-california-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/354199\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavier Becerra, Steve Hilton progress to general election for California governor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton will compete to be California\u2019s next governor in November, the Associated Press announced Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Becerra, a former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Hilton, a political commentator, earned 27.9% and 24.9% of the vote, respectively. Polls showed Hilton and Becerra \u2013 alongside hedge fund founder and Democrat Tom Steyer, who received 22.6% of the vote \u2013 as the race\u2019s frontrunners in the days leading up to the election.<\/p>\n

Republican Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, former Democratic Rep. Katie Porter and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan received 10.2%, 4.4% and 3.6% of the vote, respectively. Porter and Mahan are among the candidates who conceded after votes started rolling in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

[Related: California governor\u2019s race features competitive primary field<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Gov. Gavin Newsom \u2013 who was elected to his first term in 2018 \u2013 has reached his term limit, making him ineligible to run again.<\/p>\n

Per California law, the two candidates who receive the most votes in the primary election, regardless of party affiliation, move on to the Nov. 3 general election.<\/p>\n

Voting wrapped up at polling locations around the state \u2013 including in Pauley Pavilion and the Ackerman Union Bruin Reception Room \u2013 June 2.<\/p>\n

Becerra\u2019s platform centers on expanding state support for healthcare, childcare and essential costs, according to his campaign website. He also wants to work with other states to regulate artificial intelligence and file lawsuits against the Trump administration to protect California from federal overreach, his website said.<\/p>\n

Political action committees \u2013 including those receiving contributions from Chevron and Meta \u2013 have spent $13 million on Becerra\u2019s campaign. Becerra\u2019s endorsements include California College Democrats, the California Faculty Association and U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu, whose district includes UCLA.<\/p>\n

Becerra\u2019s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Hilton\u2019s platform includes reducing taxes on workers, easing regulations on businesses and ensuring all California students reach state math and English standards, according to his campaign website.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Reform California \u2013 a major conservative fundraiser \u2013 endorsed Hilton.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hilton has received more than $14 million in campaign contributions.<\/p>\n

Hilton\u2019s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Steyer ran on a campaign of lowering gas prices and electricity bills, levying taxes on billionaires and fighting against increased U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence in the state, according to his campaign website.<\/p>\n

Steyer, a billionaire, has spent more than $200 million on his largely self-funded campaign, making his the most expensive bid in California gubernatorial primary history.<\/p>\n

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, which represents service, patient care and skilled craft workers, and University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119, which represents researchers and IT workers, endorsed Steyer. The two unions represent nearly 70,000 UC employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bruin Democrats also endorsed Steyer, who attended a June 1 event at UCLA hosted by the club.<\/p>\n

[Related: Tom Steyer makes final pitch to UCLA students ahead of gubernatorial primary<\/a>]\u00a0<\/p>\n

Steyer\u2019s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton will compete to be California\u2019s next governor in November, the Associated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-354199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354199","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=354199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}