DEMOCRAT VOTE-SPLITTING CHAOS IN CALIFORNIA: CONSERVATIVE STEVE HILTON LEADS GOVERNOR’S RACE
California’s jungle primary is delivering a reality check to the Golden State’s one-party machine. With nearly half the votes counted, former Fox News host and Trump-backed Steve Hilton is out in front for governor at 26.55 percent, edging out longtime Democrat Xavier Becerra at 25.87 percent. Climate billionaire Tom Steyer trails at 19.67 percent.
Thanks to the top-two system, Democrat infighting is handing Hilton a prime shot at the November ballot. While left-wing candidates fracture their base, a sanity candidate advances. No Republican has won statewide in decades, but this fractured field exposes the cracks in blue California.
In Los Angeles, incumbent Mayor Karen Bass clings to a weak lead at 36.5 percent with 46 percent counted. Reality TV star Spencer Pratt surges in second at 30.1 percent, ahead of progressive Nithya Raman at 20.2 percent. No majority means a Bass-Pratt runoff in November, another chance for voters fed up with crime, homelessness, and failed progressive experiments to demand change.
The message from early returns is clear: endless Democrat dominance is breeding voter revolt, even in deep-blue territory.
Source: Yashar Ali on X, June 3 2026 post with early results. California Secretary of State and local election offices. Final tallies pending mail ballots.