Last Gubernatorial Debate Tonight (05/14)
The John Kobylt Show
Premiere Networks
4.3 • 799 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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The John Kobylt Show Hour 1 (05/14) - CA Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton comes on the show to talk about what to expect in the last debate tonight before the primary election on June 2nd. More on the governor's race. Newsom's former Chief of Staff Dana Williamson is heading to jail after pleading guilty to corruption charges. Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer comes on the show to criticize the California High Speed Rail Authority's plan to use local property taxes to fund construction of high-speed rail!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
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| 0:22.5 | And that's on the IHeart Radio app. |
| 0:24.5 | And we release that shortly after 6 o'clock. |
| 0:27.7 | And again, today, we are live on YouTube, live streaming. |
| 0:31.4 | So you could join us, watch us, engage in the live chat. |
| 0:35.4 | Maybe we'll get to answer some questions occasionally. |
| 0:38.4 | So all that is ahead this afternoon. |
| 0:40.6 | First things first, there's the final California governor's debate at 530 tonight. |
| 0:47.6 | And in advance of that, we have the leading Republican candidate, Steve Hilton, on the line to talk. |
| 0:52.8 | Steve, how are you? |
| 0:54.8 | I'm great, John. Great to be with you. So, I mean, the polls are tightening up. How do you assess |
| 1:03.1 | where you are, how well you're doing right now? Because you have Tom Steyer and you have Xavier |
| 1:09.4 | Bacera on your heels. |
| 1:22.4 | Yeah, we, you know, we're pretty happy, but it's a very, very serious moment for everyone in California to think about what we want for this state. |
| 1:29.5 | Because while I'm leading in pretty much all the polls, there was one this week, Emerson, that usually has us a little bit lower, that had it basically a tie, a three-way tie at the top. |
| 1:35.5 | It's basically the story of that poll. |
| 1:38.2 | And so it's a very clear choice for everyone listening who wants to see change in California. We desperately need change. |
| 1:45.5 | We don't have to go into all the reasons why the insanity of these Democrat policies, the |
| 1:50.5 | crime and the chaos and the homelessness, the taxes, the regulations, everything that makes |
| 1:54.9 | it such a struggle to live in California. We desperately need change. We can't have another |
| 1:58.9 | four years of one party rule, but here's the reality. There are only two change candidates in this race, myself and Chad Bianco, and only one of them has the chance to get into the top two. And that's me. And so we have to be very clear now. The ballots are out. The election is on. |
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