# California voters decide who will succeed Newsom in consequential governor’s race

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/california-voters-decide-who-will-succeed-newsom-in-consequential-governors-race/
- Published: 2026-11-04T03:07:19+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T06:39:11+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-voters-decide-who-succeed-newsom-consequential-governors-race
- Topics: Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- Xavier Becerra is projected to succeed Gavin Newsom.
- The result keeps California’s governorship in Democratic hands.
- Affordability and housing costs were central campaign issues.

## Summary

Xavier Becerra is projected to defeat Republican Steve Hilton and succeed Gavin Newsom as California governor, keeping the office in Democratic hands. The result continues the party’s long dominance in statewide elections, while leaving Becerra to address persistent concerns over affordability, housing, homelessness and state finances.

Becerra, a former US health secretary and California attorney general, won about 28% in June’s crowded top-two primary; Hilton, a former Fox News host, took roughly 25%. Hilton called for tax and spending cuts, fewer regulations and expanded energy production, while Becerra proposed more state support for housing, childcare and healthcare. More than 9.4 million people voted in the primary, and no Republican has won a California governor’s race since Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006.

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