{"id":360533,"date":"2026-06-14T17:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T17:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/360533\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T17:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T17:15:12","slug":"inside-california-politics-governors-primary-race-results-state-budget-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/360533\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside California Politics: Governor\u2019s primary race results, state budget process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(INSIDE CALIFORNIA POLITICS) \u2014 This week Inside California Politics\u2019 Eytan Wallace is joined by a number of guests to discuss everything from the governor\u2019s race to the state budget to the gas tax.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">California\u2019s 2026 primary is over and we know which candidates are advancing in most races. Founder of Stutzman Public Affairs Rob Stutzman and North State Regional Director for California Young Democrats Evan Cragin discuss Republican Steve Hilton\u2019s odds of beating a Democrat in California in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Then, lobbyist and adjunct professor at the McGeorge School of Law Chris Micheli joins the show to give insight into the state\u2019s ongoing budget process. The legislature only has a few days left to pass a budget before the constitutional deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Last, State Senator Tony Strickland (R-Huntington Beach) makes the case for repealing the state\u2019s gas tax.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fox40.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(INSIDE CALIFORNIA POLITICS) \u2014 This week Inside California Politics\u2019 Eytan Wallace is joined by a number of guests&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[146699,7,9,8,400,146698],"class_list":["post-360533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-budget-process","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-california-politics","tag-eytan-wallace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360533","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=360533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}