Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host, who has also worked in orthodox politics in Britain, announced on Monday that he was running to become the next Governor of California.
Sri Hilton is the second major Republican to enter the 2026 race, but they face difficult obstacles in view of the California voters have not elected a Republican in the statewide office since the California voters were re -elected in 2006.
Gov. The Gavin Newsom cannot re-election due to the term limit, creating a wide-fasting competition that has already attracted several elected Democrats and Chad Bianco, Republican Sheriffs of Rivaraside County.
However, the region is waiting for former vice -president Kamla Harris to decide whether she will enter the race or not. If she does so, many Democrats can abolish their party’s presidential candidate Ms. Harris. But its entrance may have adverse effects with Republican expectations, which may be eager to take the former vice -president.
55 -year -old Mr. Hilton President Donald J. Has been a supporter of Trump. But in recent media shows, they have tried to avoid culture war issues and have focused more on the cost and rules for California businesses, reducing the cost of living in the state, curbing crime and focusing on focusing on being homeless.
California remains a heavy democratic state. But Mr. Hilton will be hoping that his campaign will benefit from the voters’ innings in last year’s presidential election. In 2024, Mr. Trump flipped 10 California Counties that he lost in 2020, and voters passed a statewide remedy that made it easier for theft and drug offenders to prosecute the crimes of drugs.
Mr. Hilton announced his candidature on Monday and flash the images of Mr. Newsom and Ms. Harris, “We have found this one-party rule to end, which we have found in this mess.” “This is the time to end the years of Democrat Failure. It is a new future time.”
In Britain, Mr. Hilton helped David Cameron win the Prime Minister’s Office in 2010 and became one of his top advisors, although he broke to support the Brexit movement with Mr. Cameron in 2016 and help Britain leave the European Union.
In 2012, Mr. Hilton moved to Silicon Valley as his wife was working for Google. He became a partner at Stanford University, hosted a Fox News program and started a research group called Golden Together. The organization proposed policies such as building more single-family houses, increasing oil production and cutting more trees to reduce the risk of fire.
Even though Republican had in -inmeds in California last year, the benefits were not enough to give the possibility that Republican would win the governor’s office, a Republican strategist Rob Stutzman said, who worked for Sri Schwarzenegger and not involved in the 2026 campaign.
According to the latest data released in February, about 45 percent of California voters are registered as a democrats, while 25 percent are registered as Republicans. About 22 percent have refused to register with a political party.
“The numbers are not only in the context of registration,” said Mr. Stutzman.
He also said that the Republican was likely to face difficulties next year, given that it is a mid -term election for Mr. Trump and that the party holding the White House usually loses the ground in such years.
Sri Hilton’s relationship in Silicon Valley can help him, however, if rich donors spent heavy to increase their profile with independent campaign accounts.
