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Steve Hilton Vows to Rescue California from Decades of Democrat Decay

The Republican gubernatorial candidate is running on a common-sense platform of tax cuts, deregulation, and restoring the rule of law to a state crippled by liberal mismanagement.

PoliticsPublished June 12, 2026 at 5:02 AMProcessed June 12, 2026 at 9:24 AM
California Republican Gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton speaks to the media at his primary night event on 2 June 2026 in Huntington Beach, California.

Steve Hilton, the former senior adviser to David Cameron who has since become a vocal critic of the political establishment, is launching a bold bid to turn California around. After 16 years of unchecked Democratic control, Hilton argues the state is in a state of emergency, plagued by the highest poverty rates, crushing costs of living, and rampant crime.

His platform is a direct rebuke to the progressive agenda, focusing on putting money back into the pockets of taxpayers through a tax-free threshold on the first $100,000 of income, aggressive deregulation, and a total overhaul of the state's bloated government.

Hilton, who has secured the endorsement of President Donald Trump, rejects the notion that this alignment is a liability, instead framing it as a necessary partnership to secure federal cooperation on critical issues like energy independence.

He has pledged to reverse the state's disastrous 'sanctuary' policies, insisting that California must stop obstructing federal immigration enforcement and return to basic legal order.

While his opponent, Xavier Becerra, relies on tired partisan rhetoric, Hilton is appealing to the millions of Californians who recognize that the state is headed in the wrong direction.

By targeting the state's slow, mail-in ballot culture and pushing for electoral reforms like voter ID, Hilton aims to mobilize a massive base of frustrated voters who are ready to end the Democratic monopoly on power and restore the California dream.

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