Conservative Commentator, Author Steve Hilton to Run for California Governor

The candidate promised to eliminate the state income tax for people making under $100,000, improve business and education, and ’make California golden again.’

Gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton said April 22, 2025, he wants to "make California golden again." Courtesy of Steve Hilton for Governor

Conservative author and Fox News contributor Steve Hilton announced on April 22 that he is running to be the next governor of California.

“It’s time to make California golden again,” the British-born Republican told a crowd of supporters gathered along the Huntington Beach shoreline.