Steve Hilton

Steve Hilton

Republican Party

Candidate, Governor of California

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June 2, 2026

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Steve Hilton (Republican Party) is running for election for Governor of California. He is on the ballot in the primary on June 2, 2026.^[source]

Elections

2026

See also: California gubernatorial election, 2026

California gubernatorial election, 2026 (June 2 top-two primary)

General election

The primary will occur on June 2, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Governor of California

The following candidates are running in the primary for Governor of California on June 2, 2026.

		Candidate
		Akinyemi Agbede (D)
		Mohammad Arif (D)
	Submit photo	James Athans Jr. (R)
	Submit photo	Larry D. Azevedo (D)
	Submit photo	Naomi Bar-Lev (No party preference)
		Xavier Becerra (D)
		Chad Bianco (R)
	Submit photo	Carolina Buhler (D)
	Submit photo	Joseph Cabrera (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Elaine Culotti (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Louis De Barraicua (D)
	Submit photo	Patricia De Luca Basualdo (R)
	Submit photo	LivingForGod DeMott (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Randeep Dhillon (R)
	Submit photo	Sophia Edum-a-Sam (D)
		Serge Fiankan (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Lukasz Filinski (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Max Fomin (No party preference)
		Derek Grasty (D)
		Don Grundmann (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Jon Henderson (No party preference)
		Lewis Herms (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Rafael Hernandez (R)
		Steve Hilton (R)
	Submit photo	Joel Jacob (D)
	Submit photo	Dawit Kellel (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Gary Kidgell (D)
	Submit photo	Anne Komarovsk (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Alicia Lapp (R)
	Submit photo	Matthew Levy (D)
	Submit photo	Duane Loynes Jr. (No party preference)
		Matt Mahan (D)
	Submit photo	Amanda Martin (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Brent Maupin (No party preference)
		Daniel Mercuri (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Leo Naranjo IV (R)
	Submit photo	Tim Nelson (R)
	Submit photo	Mauro Orozco (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Thunder Parley (D)
		Katie Porter (D)
		Raji Rab (D)
	Submit photo	Satish Rao (D)
		Ramsey Robinson (Peace and Freedom Party)
	Submit photo	Reza Safarnejad (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Sam Sandak (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Christine Sarmiento (No party preference)
		Frederic Schultz (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Barack Shaw (D)
	Submit photo	Scott Shields (D)
	Submit photo	Gretha Solórzano (R)
		Thomas Steyer (D)
		Eric Swalwell (D)
		Tony Thurmond (D)
	Submit photo	Margaret Trowe (No party preference)
		Antonio Villaraigosa (D)
	Submit photo	Tom Woodard (L)
		Betty Yee (D)
	Submit photo	Nancy Young (No party preference)
		Leo Zacky (R)
	Submit photo	Erin Zezulak (D)
	Submit photo	David Zickefoose (R)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ché Ahn (R)
• Leonard Jackson (No party preference)
• Kyle Langford (R)
• Ebony Taylor (R)
• Toni Atkins (D)
• Sharifah Hardie (R)
• Eleni Kounalakis (D)
• Ethan Agarwal (D)
• Brandon Jones (R)
• Jesse Alberti (No party preference)
• Javen Allen (No party preference)
• Nicholas Thompson (L)
• George Slivka (D)
• Jon Slavet (R)
• Butch Ware (G)
• Tony Fitzpatrick (No party preference)
• Ian Charles Calderon (D)
• Michael Younger (D)

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