Steve Hilton
Republican · CA
Political commentator Steve Hilton previously advised former British Prime Minister David Cameron. His campaign emphasizes lowering costs and improving schools.
Where Steve Hilton stands, based on their records
Supports
Reduce Wealth Gap (2 records), Labor Rights (1 record), Anti-Corruption (2 records),
Opposes
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Women's Reproductive Rights (1 record)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (2 support · 2 oppose), Civil Rights (1 support · 2 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 oppose
Said a single-payer health-care system was impractical and too costly.
May 6, 2026Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: apnews.com
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support · 2 oppose
Proposed lowering California gasoline prices to three dollars per gallon.
July 22, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: apnews.com
Campaigned to overturn California greenhouse-gas rules.
June 2, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: calmatters.org
Supported preserving trees and wetlands while opposing state greenhouse-gas mandates.
June 2, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: calmatters.org
Helped steer David Cameron's Conservative Party toward civil unions, poverty reduction, corporate accountability, and climate policy.
January 1, 2005Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: calmatters.org
Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap
Reduce Wealth Gap · 2 support
Proposed eliminating California income tax on the first $150,000 of earnings.
July 22, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: apnews.com
Supported asset reparations through business and home loans for African Americans.
January 1, 2019Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: calmatters.org
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 1 support
Proposed expanding paid family leave from eight to twelve weeks.
September 8, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: hoodline.com
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 2 support
Called on his Fox News show for a thorough investigation of the Trump campaign's fraud claims about the 2020 presidential election.
November 8, 2020Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: thepostmillennial.com
Co-founded Crowdpac as a nonpartisan political crowdfunding platform.
January 1, 2014Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: press.foxnews.com
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 3 support
Proposed abolishing the standalone DMV, shifting services online or to counties, and capping registration fees at $73.
September 8, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: calmatters.org
Published More Human, arguing for smaller-scale and less centralized government and business.
May 21, 2015Supports Government Efficiency
Source: penguinrandomhouse.com
Helped develop the Big Society approach to devolving schools, policing, and social services to local organizations.
January 1, 2010Supports Government Efficiency
Source: calmatters.org
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support
Proposed cutting ten percent of state government jobs to fund expanded paid family leave.
September 8, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: hoodline.com
Proposed abolishing the standalone DMV, shifting services online or to counties, and capping registration fees at $73.
September 8, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: calmatters.org
Campaigned on steep tax cuts and deregulation.
June 2, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: calmatters.org
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Supported state cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and opposed California sanctuary policies.
May 6, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: apnews.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Proposed reducing permitting barriers to expand starter-home construction.
July 22, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: calmatters.org
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 5 support
Proposed expanding paid family leave from eight to twelve weeks.
September 8, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: hoodline.com
Proposed cutting ten percent of state government jobs to fund expanded paid family leave.
September 8, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: hoodline.com
Promoted a family-policy agenda supporting adoption, prenatal care, and marriage while discouraging abortion.
June 2, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: calmatters.org
Helped develop the Big Society approach to devolving schools, policing, and social services to local organizations.
January 1, 2010Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: calmatters.org
Helped steer David Cameron's Conservative Party toward civil unions, poverty reduction, corporate accountability, and climate policy.
January 1, 2005Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: calmatters.org
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Campaigned to bar transgender girls from girls' school sports.
June 2, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: calmatters.org
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 oppose
Promoted a family-policy agenda supporting adoption, prenatal care, and marriage while discouraging abortion.
June 2, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: calmatters.org
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 2 support
Proposed eliminating California income tax on the first $150,000 of earnings.
July 22, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: apnews.com
Campaigned on steep tax cuts and deregulation.
June 2, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: calmatters.org
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support · 2 oppose
Supported state cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and opposed California sanctuary policies.
May 6, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: apnews.com
Campaigned to bar transgender girls from girls' school sports.
June 2, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: calmatters.org
Helped steer David Cameron's Conservative Party toward civil unions, poverty reduction, corporate accountability, and climate policy.
January 1, 2005Supports Civil Rights
Source: calmatters.org
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 3 support
Proposed cutting household utility bills in half.
July 22, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: apnews.com
Helped steer David Cameron's Conservative Party toward civil unions, poverty reduction, corporate accountability, and climate policy.
January 1, 2005Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: calmatters.org
Co-founded the Good Business corporate-responsibility consulting firm.
January 1, 1998Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: calmatters.org
Track record — General
General · 11 records
Launched his general-election campaign against Xavier Becerra.
July 22, 2026
Source: apnews.com
Advanced from California's top-two primary to the general election for governor.
June 9, 2026
Source: apnews.com
Received President Donald Trump's endorsement for governor.
April 6, 2026
Source: apnews.com
Launched his Republican campaign for California governor.
April 22, 2025
Source: apnews.com
Left his Fox News program and launched the Golden Together California policy organization.
June 1, 2023
Source: calmatters.org
Hosted Fox News' weekly program The Next Revolution from 2017 through 2023.
June 4, 2017
Source: calmatters.org
Joined Fox News as a political and technology contributor.
December 19, 2016
Source: press.foxnews.com
Campaigned for Brexit and endorsed Donald Trump for president.
June 1, 2016
Source: calmatters.org
Moved to the United States and taught at Stanford University's Institute of Design.
January 1, 2012
Source: press.foxnews.com
Served as a senior adviser and director of strategy to British Prime Minister David Cameron from 2010 through 2012.
May 11, 2010
Source: press.foxnews.com
Created the British Conservative Party's 1996 'demon eyes' advertisement, which the advertising regulator banned.
January 1, 1996
Source: calmatters.org
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 2 records
Declined to say whether Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election when asked during a debate.
May 6, 2026
Source: apnews.com
Promoted claims that Anthony Fauci bore responsibility for the COVID-19 pandemic through laboratory research funding.
January 1, 2021
Source: calmatters.org
Past race Steve Hilton ran in:
- Governor · November 3, 2026 · California