Republicans Surge in California Jungle Primary Twist | Victor Davis Hanson

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🗓️ 26 March 2026

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While California Democrats thought they could swarm the gubernatorial general election ballot with Democrats and win, Republicans had other ideas. As of now, Republican candidates Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton are leading the jungle primary neck and neck, with Bianco at 16% and Hilton at 17% approval rating, explains Victor Davis Hanson on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”(00:00) California Recall Shock (02:04) Jungle Primary Backfires (03:02) Newsom Record Under Fire (04:55) Wildfires And Rebuilding (05:40) Outmigration And Taxes (07:54) Fraud Exposé Smear (09:09) Boondoggles And Green Failures (09:59) Energy Refineries Gas Prices 👉 The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: http://dailysignal.com/donate 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest short videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1⁠ Also on Spotify: https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL9753340027 👉Want more VDH? Watch Victor’s weekly, hour-long podcast, “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” now! Subscribe to his YouTube channel, and enable notifications: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273?sub_confirmation=1👉More exclusive content is available on Victor’s website: https://victorhanson.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.6	I think of it like a Tamagocchi.
0:17.8	At the end of all of this...
0:20.0	We're going to have a little baby.
0:21.6	Raising Chelsea, a Hulu original series streaming April 2nd exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:27.2	18 plus subscription required T's and T supply.
0:30.0	We're starting to see something a little strange in California.
0:34.2	As of right now, state polls show that to replace Gavin Newsom as governor in our jungle,
0:40.3	primary, the two leading contestants, Chad Bianco, a sheriff from Riverside County, and
0:47.3	Steve Hilton, a former Fox commentator, entrepreneur, and naturalized U.S. citizen from Britain. Our neck and neck. Hilton is at 17.
0:56.5	Bianco is supposedly at 16. And then the next two candidates, 13 and 12, are Eric Swalwell, we know,
1:03.4	from the Fang Fang notorious incident. And then Kathleen Porter, we know from the incident.
1:08.0	You're out of my fucking shock. The Democrats, remember, made this system
1:12.1	because it's such a blue state.
1:14.1	They would just swarm the ballot
1:15.8	with viable Democrats,
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