SACRAMENTO, CA—Today, the Steve Hilton for Governor campaign announced that it has raised over $1 million from more than 1,100 individual contributors in the 10 days since Steve launched his campaign. The tremendous enthusiasm and broad-based support for Hilton’s campaign are evident as he travels across the state.
“Californians know that it doesn’t have to be like this: that we can do so much better than the terrible failures of 15 years of Democrat one-party rule that have hurt working families and destroyed the California Dream. Just this week, as Gavin Newsom runs around bragging about California being the world’s fourth largest economy, a new survey showed that 35% of Californians cannot afford to meet their basic needs – rent, food, medical care and so on, said Hilton. “I am so honored that people from all over our beautiful state have responded so positively to my message: that we can make California truly Golden Again with common sense, positive, practical policies to help give every Californian the simple, basic aspirations: a good job, where you make enough to raise your family in a home of your own in a safe neighborhood with a good school so your kids have a better life than you.”
Hilton officially launched his campaign on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in front of a crowd of over 2,000 in Huntington Beach. He outlined a vision to restore the California Dream and break the cruel and destructive grip of what he has described as the “Democrat Industrial Complex” – Sacramento politicians, union bosses, activists and bureaucrats – all driven by ideological dogma instead of common sense.
Hilton continued, “Our campaign is just getting started. We’re building a powerful grass roots movement for change. People ask me: ‘how can a Republican win in 2026?’ My answer: in 2026, the change candidate is going to win – and with the help of our growing army of supporters, that’s going to be me.”
For more information, visit www.stevehiltonforgovernor.com and follow @SteveHiltonX on X.
BACKGROUND: Steve Hilton has founded several businesses and is a public policy innovator. Born in the UK to Hungarian parents who were fleeing Communism, Steve attended Oxford University, started his own company, helped David Cameron become UK prime minister and then worked as senior advisor in 10 Downing Street. In 2012, Steve moved to Silicon Valley with his wife and two children, becoming a US citizen in 2021. After teaching at Stanford and starting another business, he hosted a TV show — The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton — and several podcasts: California Rebel Base, The Steve Hilton Show, and Big Ideas Book Club. He is the author of a ‘More Human’, ‘Positive Populism’, and more recently: ‘Califailure: Reversing the Ruin of America’s Worst-Run State.’ Through his policy organization, Golden Together, Steve has set out the positive changes needed to ensure that California becomes truly ‘Golden Again.’
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