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LIZ PEEK: Steve Hilton could pull off a California stunner if voters take the leap
Mail-in voting has begun ahead of the June 2 primary, with Hilton endorsed by Trump and leading the field
By Liz Peek Fox News
Published May 12, 2026 5:00am EDT
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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 Democratic Party, which, he rightly claimed, took them for granted and had failed to deliver on the most pressing demands of Black families, including providing their kids with a good education.
Steve Hilton, a Republican running for 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, largely because of decisions made by Democrats who have controlled the state with a two-thirds supermajority in the Legislature since 2018 and have occupied the governor’s mansion since 2011.
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Not only is California unaffordable, but 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 News poll, half of California voters said they wanted a candidate who promised "change." A common-sense, pro-growth candidate, Hilton, a former Fox News host and adviser to the conservative government of David Cameron in the U.K., would not just provide change in the Golden State; he would bring a revolution.
Not only is California unaffordable, but........