{"id":2472754,"date":"2025-08-09T11:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-cant-save-them-now-new-poll-puts-far-lefty-fox-news-conservative-at-top-of-cali-gov-race\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T11:53:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T15:53:01","slug":"kamala-cant-save-them-now-new-poll-puts-far-lefty-fox-news-conservative-at-top-of-cali-gov-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-cant-save-them-now-new-poll-puts-far-lefty-fox-news-conservative-at-top-of-cali-gov-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Can&#8217;t Save Them Now: New Poll Puts Far Lefty, Fox News Conservative at Top of Cali Gov Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-cant-save-them-now-new-poll-puts-far-lefty-fox-news-conservative-at-top-of-cali-gov-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2472754&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the upcoming 2026 California gubernatorial election following the announcement that kamala Harris will not run for governor after Gavin Newsom is term-limited. Harris&#8217;s decision has left a potential challenge for Democrats in a state that typically leans blue.According to a recent Emerson College poll conducted in early August, former Democratic U.S. Rep. katie Porter leads the field with 18% support, followed by Republican Fox News personality Steve Hilton at 12%. Porter, known for her progressive stance and alignment with figures like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, has gained ground as April, while Hilton, a political commentator and former advisor to British Prime Minister David Cameron, is positioning himself as a pragmatic conservative focused on reversing what he calls &#8220;Democratic extremism and incompetence,&#8221; especially criticizing high taxes and climate regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Other candidates, including Republican Chad Bianco and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, trail behind. The race is shaping into a contest that pits a strongly progressive Democrat against a Republican outsider with notable media presence. Porter plans to address issues like affordable child care, housing, and defending abortion, LGBTQ+, and immigrant rights, aiming to challenge Washington&#8217;s federal policies. hilton campaigns on restoring the &#8220;California dream&#8221; through practical solutions and reducing regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The election will use California&#8217;s jungle primary system, where the top two vote-getters advance regardless of party. Given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-swedish-voters-finally-waking-up-to-europes-immigration-fiasco\/\" title=\"Are Swedish Voters Finally Waking Up To Europe\u2019s Immigration Fiasco?\">recent political events<\/a> like wildfires and civil unrest, Democrats face challenges maintaining dominance, and with a divisive progressive candidate leading, a Republican victory-something unseen since Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8217;s tenure-could be possible. The article highlights the evolving dynamics and potential for a competitive gubernatorial race in the nation&#8217;s most populous state.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well, it&rsquo;s official: Kamala Harris isn&rsquo;t seeking the California governor&rsquo;s mansion in 2026 when term-limited Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom begins his presidential cam&ndash; err, leaves his position.<\/p>\n<p>And it&rsquo;s also official: With her out of the race, Democrats might be in trouble in the nation&rsquo;s most populous &mdash; and one of its most consistently blue &mdash; states.<\/p>\n<p>A new poll released Friday found that former Democratic U.S. Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/california-senate-candidate-floats-radical-bump-minimum-wage-smugly-tells-critics-just-math\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Katie Porter<\/a> and Republican Fox News personality Steve Hilton are first and second in polling for the state&rsquo;s so-called &ldquo;jungle primary,&rdquo; respectively &mdash; the only two candidates in double digits, and a move that would set up a contest between arguably the most left-wing politician in the race and the strongest Republican.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/california-2026-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emerson College Polling<\/a> survey was conducted on Aug. 4-5 among 1,000 registered voters in California, and came just days after Harris &mdash; expected to be a field-clearer if she entered the race &mdash; announced she wouldn&rsquo;t be running to replace Newsom in Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>Porter, the progressive lawmaker who finished a distant third in the jungle primary for Senate in 2024 (and then blamed now-Sen. Adam Schiff&rsquo;s campaign for intentionally elevating Republican candidate and former Los Angeles Dodgers star Steve Garvey into second, saying the system was &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cutting-race-dianne-feinsteins-seat-dem-representative-loses-throws-ugly-temper-tantrum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rigged by billionaires<\/a>&rdquo; so he could have an easier path to the upper chamber), is up six points since April&rsquo;s survey, to 18 percent of the vote from 12 percent.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Hilton, who worked at Fox News for six years and also advised former British Prime Minister David Cameron, announced after that poll was taken; he&rsquo;s second with 12 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Third was another Republican, former Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who was up from 4 percent to 7 percent. Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa held steady at 5 percent. None of the other candidates broke that threshold.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With Kamala Harris officially out of the race, Katie Porter has emerged as the Democratic frontrunner, increasing her support from 12 percent to 18 percent since the April Emerson poll,&rdquo; Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, reacted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Steve Hilton, who was not in the race in April, has jumped to 12 percent, while the  of undecided voters has dropped from 54 percent to 38 percent over the summer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That last part is the important number; while 38 percent seems like quite a lot, a 16-point drop in just four months combined with a coalescing around Porter and an excitement around Hilton&rsquo;s candidacy indicates that, while it&rsquo;s a long way off, we have two tentative favorites in the primary for 2026&rsquo;s biggest gubernatorial contest.<\/p>\n<p>Under California&rsquo;s jungle primary system, the top two candidates regardless of party affiliation advance. Porter had been expected to be the challenger to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alert-schiff-officially-criminal-investigation-criminal-referral-hhs-slam-dunk-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Schiff&rsquo;s<\/a> left flank under that system last year (amazingly, that flank exists, and Porter manages to occupy it), but the progressive lawmaker found out the hard way why President Donald Trump gave the guy the nickname &ldquo;Shifty Schiff.&rdquo; As <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/commentary\/2024\/04\/garvey-schiff-primary-election-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CalMatters<\/a> noted last April, Schiff&rsquo;s campaign spent $10 million on ads attacking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-california-senate-candidate-scorches-schiff-debate-sir-lied-300-million-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garvey<\/a> that were, in fact, &ldquo;thinly veiled support ads targeting Republican voters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The goal was to consolidate Republican votes for Garvey and get him into the run-off in November, thus helping U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff avoid a costly and competitive race against a fellow Democrat, Rep. Katie Porter,&rdquo; CalMatters reported.<\/p>\n<p>It worked: Garvey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-primary-elections\/california-senate-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">finished<\/a> just slightly behind Schiff in the jungle primary, 31.6 percent to 31.5 percent, with Porter a distant third at 15.3 percent. Schiff would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-elections\/california-senate-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">win<\/a> the general election by 17 points over Garvey.<\/p>\n<p>There are several differences between that race and this one, however.<\/p>\n<p>First, you have two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rfk-jr-tells-tucker-carlson-who-held-trump-back-begged-him-not-to-release-jfk-files-i-was-astonished\/\" title=\"Watch: RFK Jr. Tells Tucker Carlson Who Held Trump Back, &#039;Begged&#039; Him Not to Release JFK Files - &#039;I was Astonished&#039;\">major events &#038;mdash<\/a>; namely, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/karen-bass-need-investigate-didnt-know-shouldnt-go-ghana-wildfire-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California wildfires in January<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-maxine-waters-right-just-1-2-people-committed-violence-la-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement riots<\/a> in Los Angeles in June &mdash; which have proven the Democratic Party in California, particularly its progressives, to be unusually impotent.<\/p>\n<p>Second, Schiff may be a man of the left, but he&rsquo;s a pragmatist &mdash; at least compared to Porter, a firebrand described by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/04\/12\/bernie-sanders-los-angeles-rally-progressives-033798\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> as &ldquo;the most [Bernie] Sanders-adjacent&rdquo; candidate in the race who s a &ldquo;close alliance with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and her consistent message rejecting corporate influence in politics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Porter has tried to move to the right a little bit, but&nbsp;<em>only<\/em> a little bit &mdash; saying that she wants to &ldquo;defend our state against Trump&rsquo;s attacks and work to solve the challenges Californians face,&rdquo; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/joegarofoli\/article\/katie-porter-governor-rossmoor-20202677.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How does she plan on doing that? As the outlet reported in its March piece, by spending money, naturally:<\/p>\n<p><em>  Porter praised Gov. Gavin Newsom several times Wednesday, but said she&rsquo;d differ from Newsom in what she emphasizes, particularly in her focus on making child care more affordable. Newsom&rsquo;s support of making the first two years of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-tells-community-colleges-your-students-and-their-families-are-carrying-the-brunt-of-the-crisis\/\" title=\"Jill Biden Tells Community Colleges: \u2018Your Students And Their Families Are Carrying The B...t Of The Crisis\u2019\">community college free<\/a> and providing free lunches to public schoolkids &ldquo;put real money back in my pocket, but there is more to do. We have not done enough to focus on child care. We have not done enough to make sure that we&rsquo;re going to have the next generation of Californians living here, having families here and flourishing here, and a big part of that, in addition to addressing child care, is also housing.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/03\/11\/katie-porter-california-governor-announce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> reported when she announced her candidacy, Porter &ldquo;plans to focus her campaign agenda on lowering Californians&rsquo; costs and making housing more affordable, while strengthening protections for abortion rights, LGBTQ+ rights and immigrant rights &mdash; which she argues are all under threat with full Republican control in Washington.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In other words, she plans to defy Washington even&nbsp;<em>harder<\/em> than Newsom or Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass have. Note how much the Democrats love the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ice-rescues-children-marijuana-farm-la-mayor-responds-sanctuary-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supremacy Clause<\/a> &mdash; particularly on matters of abortion and &ldquo;LGBTQ+ rights&rdquo; &mdash; until they no longer have White House supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>Hilton, meanwhile, has made a pragmatic pitch to California voters, saying he was going to stop &ldquo;the destruction of the California dream&rdquo; in his campaign announcement in late April, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/steve-hilton-california-governor-newsom-11c0ec5b378e8b2792721c2ff7597499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Blaming the wildfires on &ldquo;Democratic extremism and incompetence&rdquo; and high taxes on the blue majority that&rsquo;s prevailed in the state, he&rsquo;s running under the slogan &ldquo;Golden Again: Great Jobs, Great Homes, Great Kids,&rdquo; which would involve &ldquo;reinforcing his commitment to positive, practical solutions instead of today&rsquo;s ideology and dogma.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And since then, he&rsquo;s been busy hitting California Democrats for their priorities:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today, unelected bureaucrat Liane Randolph, head of CARB (California Air Resources Board) raised your gas prices. Gavin Newsom did nothing to stop it.<\/p>\n<p>On Day 1 as governor I will remove Liane Randolph and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >start rolling back extreme climate regulations<\/a> so we can have $3.00 gas. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s9aWdSSibp\">pic.twitter.com\/s9aWdSSibp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; steve hilton (@SteveHiltonx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveHiltonx\/status\/1940156946214183223?\">July 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; &lsquo;Boil Water Order&rsquo; in Malibu, wildfires burning out of control&hellip;but Gavin Newsom is busy hosting runaway Texas legislators as part of his plan to steal six more House seats.<\/p>\n<p>No water in the fire hydrants. Now it&rsquo;s no drinking water in the taps. Time for change in California! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/82PhOxwvPq\">pic.twitter.com\/82PhOxwvPq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; steve hilton (@SteveHiltonx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveHiltonx\/status\/1953974219424821512?\">August 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So, could he win a general election? Unlike Garvey, he has experience in politics, both with skin in the game and as a commentator. He also has the outsider card, and he has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-anchor-goes-dead-silent-air-realizing-organic-protest-totally-staged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>annus horribilis<\/em> for the Golden State<\/a> &mdash; as well as a governor currently preening himself for a national run for office and a Democratic favorite who&rsquo;s further left than either Gavin&nbsp;<em>or<\/em> Kamala &mdash; to use against his competition.<\/p>\n<p>There hasn&rsquo;t been a Republican governor of California since Arnold Schwarzenegger, and he was barely Republican. Given the Democrats&rsquo; incompetence, an unbearably progressive candidate that Kamala can&rsquo;t save the left from, and Hilton&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-steve-cohen-erupts-during-hearing-after-nc-lt-gov-mark-robinson-accuses-dems-of-using-black-people-as-pawns\/\" title=\"Rep. Steve Cohen Erupts During Hearing After NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Accuses Dems Of Using Black People As Pawns\">strong polling numbers<\/a>, that could definitely change. 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