{"id":4185,"date":"2026-06-01T04:05:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T01:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/steve-hilton-warns-of-disaster-if-he-misses-top-two-in-california-primary\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T04:05:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T01:05:54","slug":"steve-hilton-warns-of-disaster-if-he-misses-top-two-in-california-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/steve-hilton-warns-of-disaster-if-he-misses-top-two-in-california-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Hilton Warns of &#8216;Disaster&#8217; if He Misses Top Two in California Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking on &#8220;The Alex Marlow Show,&#8221; Hilton emphasized the critical stakes of California&#8217;s unusual primary system, according to <em>Breitbart News<\/em>. The Republican candidate warned that if two Democrats advance to the general election for governor, the consequences would extend far beyond the gubernatorial race itself.<\/p>\n<p>Hilton stated his campaign team remains confident about making the top two, but cautioned supporters against complacency. He outlined how a Democrat-only general election would demoralize Republican voters throughout California, potentially undermining down-ballot races for state legislature and Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The former Fox commentator specifically noted that control of the House of Representatives could be affected, along with critical issues such as voter identification requirements. He positioned himself as <em>the only candidate for change who can possibly get into the top two<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>California&#8217;s top-two primary system allows all candidates from all parties to compete on a single ballot, with the two highest vote-getters advancing to the general election regardless of party affiliation. Critics of the system argue it can result in single-party general elections in heavily Democratic or Republican districts.<\/p>\n<p>The Alex Marlow Show, hosted by Breitbart Editor-in-Chief <strong>Alex Marlow<\/strong>, broadcasts weekdays from noon to 1 p.m. Eastern on Salem Radio Network stations and airs at 9 p.m. Eastern on the Salem TV news channel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Hilton warned that failing to finish in California&#8217;s top-two primary would doom not only his gubernatorial bid but also Republican down-ballot races statewide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":4184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[651,3320,4483,4484,414,2582],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-4185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-california","tag-fox-news","tag-gubernatorial-primary","tag-jungle-primary","tag-republican-party","tag-steve-hilton","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4185"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=4185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}