Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Steve Hilton, Xavier Becerra clash in testy California governor’s race debate

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The candidates running to replace Gavin Newsom sparred over taxes, immigration and regulating AIXavier Becerra and Steve Hilton, the candidates running to be California’s next governor, clashed Wednesday over taxes, immigration and regulating artificial intelligence in a testy debate held days before voters begin receiving their ballots in the heavily Democratic state.Hilton, the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/30/california-governor-steve-hilton-race" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">former Fox News host</a> endorsed by Donald Trump, used the hourlong matchup, hosted by CNN, to argue that Becerra, a former congressman who served as health and human services secretary during the Biden administration, was not actively campaigning and instead taking voters for granted. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/steve-hilton-xavier-becerra-clash-california-governor-race-debate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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