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Steve Hilton on His Surprisingly Strong Bid for California Governor

TIME·Philip Elliott·3 days ago
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Making sense of what matters most in Washington. President Donald Trump has a type, at least when it comes to political candidates. They tend to be brash , razor-tongued mold-breakers, hardliners who want to own the libs, political newcomers unhindered by norms or niceties. Then there’s Steve Hilton, a Republican who has a shot at being California’s next Governor . Hilton’s resumé reads like the opposite of what you’d expect for the next leader of a state that backed Kamala Harris over Trump by 20 points. A British-born dual U.S.-U.K. citizen since 2021, Hilton was once a member of Margaret Thatcher’s political machine and a senior adviser to British Prime Minister David Cameron’s coalition government before becoming a Fox News personality. In most other blue states, Trump’s endorsement would be the kiss of death. But under California’s jungle primary system, the top two vote-getters get to face each other in a head-to-head contest in November, regardless of party.…

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