Xavier Becerra's lead over Steve Hilton widens in California governor's race, new poll shows
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Skip to comments. Xavier Becerra's lead over Steve Hilton widens in California governor's race, new poll shows ABC 7 News ^ | September 16, 2026 | Josh Haskell Posted on 09/22/2026 4:17:05 PM PDT by Angelino97 With less than two months until Election Day, a new poll in the race for California governor shows Democratic candidate Xavier Becerra's significant lead over Republican Steve Hilton widening.
A new Public Policy Institute of California poll released this week shows that Becerra is at 60%, while Hilton is at 38%. Becerra has increased his lead over Hilton by four percentage points compared to the PPIC poll that was released one month ago.
First reported by Freerepublic.com.
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