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Outsiders Night: GOP ‘Change’ Agents
Rattle Deep-Blue California

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Posted By: Moritz55, 6/3/2026 8:40:43 AM

In a state that hasn’t elected a Republican governor in nearly two decades and where Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly two to one in registered voters, Tuesday night belonged to two conservative political outsiders who based their campaigns on a simple message: Californians deserve better. Former Fox News host Steve Hilton and reality television veteran Spencer Pratt arrived at their respective races with thinner war chests than their establishment rivals, no prior experience in elected office, and campaigns built less on policy infrastructure than on raw charisma, populist messaging, and an uncomplicated argument: that California leaders had failed, and that change – dramatic, disruptive change – was long overdue.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: bpl40 6/3/2026 9:14:10 AM (No. 2112185)
Hopefully we will have a real election in Kalifornia this time.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: NorthernDog 6/3/2026 9:35:14 AM (No. 2112193)
If Bacerra wins it will be like installing an unlicensed driver in a big rig. It's just a matter of time until he crashes.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Timber Queen 6/3/2026 9:53:12 AM (No. 2112203)
It was fun last night! I'm modestly optimistic that our California Republican candidates will perform well this election cycle. The total dysfunction of the Newsom years has opened many eyes. For the first time since we moved north 27 years ago, the Republican candidate Hilton won the primaries in Deep Blue Mendocino and Humboldt counties. More "traditional blue" counties may follow as the vote count continues. There are lots of cracks in the wall for strong, unapologetic candidates willing to tell the hard truths. Make California Golden Again!
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Kafka2 6/3/2026 12:35:10 PM (No. 2112269)
The one thing that should be obvious to even Democrat voters is that Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt could not do as bad a job in office as the bottom of the barrel Democrat candidates. It doesn’t matter how pretty Democrats can talk if they do deplorably stupid things in office.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: mifla 6/4/2026 10:18:07 AM (No. 2112597)
Bass refused to appear in any more debates after Pratt crushed her in the first debate, yet she still comes out on top, vote-wise. She is a sheeple shoo-in.
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