LIZ PEEK: California voters fed up with Democrats may turn to Steve Hilton for change

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Democrats concede their field is 'lackluster' as former VP Kamala Harris opted against entering the race for governor

By Liz Peek Fox News

Published May 5, 2026 5:00am EDT

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There’s a 'majority for change' in California: Steve Hilton

California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton discusses the battle for the state on 'The Big Weekend Show.'

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In 2016, then-presidential candidate Trump famously asked black voters "What do you have to lose?"

Trump challenged African-American voters to rethink their long-standing allegiance to the Democrat Party, which, he rightly claimed, took them for granted and had failed to deliver on the most pressing demands of African-American families, including providing their kids with a good education.

Steve Hilton, a Republican and former Fox News host, running to become governor of deep blue California, should be posing that same question to Golden State voters. California is one of the most expensive places to live in the country, entirely because of decisions made by Democrats who have controlled the state with a two-thirds supermajority in the legislature since 2018 and also occupied the governor’s mansion since 2011. Not only is California unaffordable, the state also ranks high in homelessness, poverty and illegal immigration, and is bleeding both businesses and residents fed up with high taxes and suffocating regulations.

In a recent CBS poll, half of California voters said they wanted a candidate that promised "change". Common sense, pro-growth Hilton, former advisor to the conservative government of David Cameron in the UK, would not just provide change in the Golden State; he would bring a revolution.

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