SACRAMENTO—Republican Steve Hilton secured enough votes in the race for California governor to advance to the general election in November, setting up a partisan battle with Democrat Xavier Becerra.
The Associated Press called Hilton’s advancement on June 9, a week after the primaries. Hilton held 24.9 percent to Becerra’s 27.9 percent, with 88 percent of votes counted.
Hilton goes into the general election as the clear underdog, with the nonpartisan Cook Political Report ranking the post as solidly Democratic.
The former Fox News host ran on making California “Golden Again” by eliminating state income taxes for the first $100,000 earned, reducing regulatory burdens, expanding single family home development, and lowering gas prices by boosting oil production statewide….