00:02California's race for governor is now officially set, and it's shaping up as a high-profile clash
00:08between a former Biden cabinet secretary and a Trump-backed former Fox News host.
00:13After a week of ballot counting, the Associated Press projects Republican Steve Hilton has locked
00:19up the second spot in California's top two primary. That sets up a November showdown
00:25with Democrat Xavier Becerra, the former U.S. health secretary, California attorney general,
00:30and longtime congressman who finished first in the primary. Hilton is a former advisor to British
00:36Prime Minister David Cameron. Hilton later was a Fox News host. He moved to California in 2012
00:42and became a U.S. citizen in 2021. A win would make him California's first Republican governor
00:48in more than 15 years. Becerra is running on his experience in state and federal government
00:54while promising to push back against President Trump's policies and tackle issues including
00:59insurance and utility costs. Hilton heads into the fall as the clear underdog. Democrats hold nearly
01:05a two-to-one voter registration advantage in California, and no Republican has won the
01:10governor's mansion since Arnold Schwarzenegger left office in 2011.
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