Conceivably, the top two vote getters could be Republicans as Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, another GOP candidate is in third place, according to the PPIC poll.

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"I am the antithesis to California state government because I am going to take a nuclear bomb into that building and absolutely destroy everything that they do to us behind closed doors," Chad Bianco told ABC7.

Republicans facing tough reelection fights in this year's midterms are backing President Trump's attacks on Iran, which are unpopular, according to recent polling.

Republican candidate Steve Hilton has maintained his lead in the tight California gubernatorial race, a new poll found. The British-born former Fox News commentator had 14% support among likely voters,

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Heading into the 2026 election cycle, predicting a Republican candidate winning the California governorship would have seemed like a sucker’s bet in the heavily Democratic state. Now it’s more of a long shot — still unlikely but increasingly plausible.

Carl DeMaio, a divisive state lawmaker, continues to upset his colleagues as he works to amass influence through his political organization, Reform California, one of the state’s biggest conservative fundraising machines.

Republican lawmakers in California are worried that the state’s budget deficit is growing despite increasing revenues. Legislators told The Center Square this week that concerns