Fox News anchor Trace Gallagher could hardly believe the numbers he was reading on air as early returns from California’s gubernatorial primary came in Tuesday night.
In deep blue Los Angeles County — one of the most reliably Democrat strongholds in the entire country — Republican candidate Steve Hilton is overperforming in a MAJOR way.
GALLAGHER: “This is the statewide numbers but in L.A. County, we have 51% of the vote is in and Xavier Becerra has 29.2% of the vote, Steve Hilton has what again, Alec?” [Pauses] “22.6%, and 22.4% for Tom Steyer.”
GALLAGHER: “This is just in Los Angeles County. In DEEP blue Los Angeles County.”
GALLAGHER: “You see the blue right there? Well the deep blue area, Steve Hilton with 51% of the vote in is at 22.6%.”
GALLAGHER: “He’s ahead of Tom Steyer and he is behind Xavier Becerra, but holy cow, Kevin! That to me is very telling about this election.”
Fox’s Trace Gallagher could hardly believe the numbers he was about to read on air.
In deep blue Los Angeles County, Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton is over performing in a MAJOR way.
GALLAGHER: “This is the statewide numbers but in L.A. County, we have 51% of… pic.twitter.com/M2RNvARKBh
— Overton (@overton_news) June 3, 2026
At the time of this writing, the numbers became even more remarkable as additional votes were counted.
According to live election returns from Los Angeles County with 61.7% of the vote reporting, Xavier Becerra led the field with 29.3% of the vote (338,092 votes), while Republican Steve Hilton surged to 22.7% (262,273 votes), narrowly edging out billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer, who received 22.3% (257,141 votes).
The updated results show Hilton not only holding his own in one of the most Democrat-dominated counties in America, but actually outperforming several prominent Democrat candidates in the race.
This stunning showing comes just hours after The Gateway Pundit reported that Steve Hilton has taken the lead in the statewide race as ballots continue to pour in.
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