President Trump’s pick for governor officially finished in the top two — and unintentionally made life a lot easier for his Democratic rival.
By
Ed Kilgore,
political columnist for Intelligencer since 2015
California’s surviving gubernatorial contenders, Steve Hilton and Xavier Becerra.
It took a week, but on June 9, the Associated Press confirmed a development that many predicted when the first returns from California’s gubernatorial primary appeared: Republican Steve Hilton finished second to Democrat Xavier Becerra and will face him in the November general election.
The outcome pits a longtime Democratic official against President Donald Trump's pick for the job.
Hilton received 25% of the vote in the open primary, coming in second behind Xavier Becerra, who garnered 27.9% of the vote.
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