Steve Hilton Launches 55-Second Ad Targeting Xavier Becerra as California Governor Race Shifts to November
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 6
Steve Hilton Launches 55-Second Ad Targeting Xavier Becerra as California Governor Race Shifts to November
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 6
Summary
A 55-second Steve Hilton ad mocked Xavier Becerra’s 36-year political career, signaling California’s gubernatorial contest is moving into general-election mode before primary counting is finished.
The spot casts Becerra as a stand-in for the state’s Democratic status quo, hitting homelessness, high-speed rail and his Biden-era HHS tenure while tying him to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
AP projected less than 24 hours earlier that Becerra would advance to November; as of Saturday afternoon he led with 26.8% to Hilton’s 26.4%, with about 68% of ballots counted.
Becerra hailed the result as a mandate and his campaign called it historic, saying he is the first Latino candidate to reach a California gubernatorial general election; results from Tuesday’s primary remain uncertified.