{"id":614,"date":"2026-06-10T05:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614"},"modified":"2026-06-10T05:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:00:59","slug":"steve-hilton-edges-out-tom-steyer-for-second-spot-in-california-governor-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614","title":{"rendered":"Steve Hilton Edges Out Tom Steyer for Second Spot in California Governor Election"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Republican Steve Hilton claimed the second spot in California\u2019s primary for governor on Tuesday, edging out Democrat Tom Steyer.<\/p>\n

Hilton will face former U.S Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, in the general election.<\/p>\n

Read more San Jos\u00e9 Approves New Immigrant Funding in City Budget, With Cuts and Reserve Spending<\/a><\/p>\n

Hilton, a former political adviser in the United Kingdom and Fox News host, was able to consolidate Republican voters after winning an endorsement from President Donald Trump. But his path to victory in November promises to be an uphill climb: No Republican has been elected governor of California since 2006.<\/p>\n

Read more FBI Raids Contra Costa County Tax Officials\u2019 Homes and Office<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Read more Is California\u2019s Election System \u2018Crooked\u2019? An Election Integrity Expert Weighs In<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hilton, a Republican commentator, will face Democrat Xavier Becerra in the November general election. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nSteve Hilton Edges Out Tom Steyer for Second Spot in California Governor Election - Sacramento Moving Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Steve Hilton Edges Out Tom Steyer for Second Spot in California Governor Election - Sacramento Moving Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hilton, a Republican commentator, will face Democrat Xavier Becerra in the November general election.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sacramento Moving Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-10T05:00:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=614#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=614\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c703763e3a86ce0eba17becb53994618\"},\"headline\":\"Steve Hilton Edges Out Tom Steyer for Second Spot in California Governor Election\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-10T05:00:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=614\"},\"wordCount\":143,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=614#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c2dda6172a0380fe01ae773fc289059a.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=614#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=614\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=614\",\"name\":\"Steve Hilton Edges Out Tom Steyer for Second Spot in California Governor Election - Sacramento Moving Hub\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=614#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=614#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c2dda6172a0380fe01ae773fc289059a.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-10T05:00:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c703763e3a86ce0eba17becb53994618\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=614#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=614\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=614#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c2dda6172a0380fe01ae773fc289059a.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c2dda6172a0380fe01ae773fc289059a.jpg\",\"width\":1999,\"height\":1333,\"caption\":\"Steve Hilton, Republican gubernatorial candidate for California, left, and Tom Steyer, Democratic gubernatorial candidate for California, fist bump prior to a gubernatorial debate at KRON Studios in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. California will hold its primary election on June 2, where the top two finishers advance to the general election in November regardless of party affiliation. Photographer: Jason Henry\\\/Nexstar\\\/Bloomberg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=614#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Steve Hilton Edges Out Tom Steyer for Second Spot in California Governor Election\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sacramento Moving Hub\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c703763e3a86ce0eba17becb53994618\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Steve Hilton Edges Out Tom Steyer for Second Spot in California Governor Election - Sacramento Moving Hub","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Steve Hilton Edges Out Tom Steyer for Second Spot in California Governor Election - Sacramento Moving Hub","og_description":"Hilton, a Republican commentator, will face Democrat Xavier Becerra in the November general election.","og_url":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614","og_site_name":"Sacramento Moving Hub","article_published_time":"2026-06-10T05:00:59+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c703763e3a86ce0eba17becb53994618"},"headline":"Steve Hilton Edges Out Tom Steyer for Second Spot in California Governor Election","datePublished":"2026-06-10T05:00:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614"},"wordCount":143,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c2dda6172a0380fe01ae773fc289059a.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614","url":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614","name":"Steve Hilton Edges Out Tom Steyer for Second Spot in California Governor Election - Sacramento Moving Hub","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c2dda6172a0380fe01ae773fc289059a.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-10T05:00:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c703763e3a86ce0eba17becb53994618"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c2dda6172a0380fe01ae773fc289059a.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c2dda6172a0380fe01ae773fc289059a.jpg","width":1999,"height":1333,"caption":"Steve Hilton, Republican gubernatorial candidate for California, left, and Tom Steyer, Democratic gubernatorial candidate for California, fist bump prior to a gubernatorial debate at KRON Studios in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. California will hold its primary election on June 2, where the top two finishers advance to the general election in November regardless of party affiliation. Photographer: Jason Henry\/Nexstar\/Bloomberg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=614#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Steve Hilton Edges Out Tom Steyer for Second Spot in California Governor Election"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/","name":"Sacramento Moving Hub","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c703763e3a86ce0eba17becb53994618","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com"],"url":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}