Two leading Republican candidates for California governor, Steve Hilton and Sheriff Chad Bianco, appeared together in Fresno and avoided attacking each other. They focused their criticism on Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers who control the Legislature. Hilton attacked Newsom’s $20-million program providing free diapers for newborn babies, calling Newsom “the great loaded diaper of California himself.” Both candidates positioned themselves as the best Republican chance in California’s jungle primary. They promised sweeping conservative changes including new dams, tougher crime policies, and major rollbacks of environmental rules. Central Valley voters weighed these proposals amid concerns about water and culture wars.
"Though Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and former Fox News host Steve Hilton have attacked each other throughout the campaign, they abstained from feuding and instead focused on common enemies - Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers who control the Legislature."
"Hilton criticized Newsom's new $20-million program to provide free diapers for families of newborn babies, referring to the outgoing governor as "the great loaded diaper of California himself.""
"Under California's "jungle primary" system, where the top two candidates advance from the primary to the general election regardless of political affiliation, that led to fleeting hope among Republicans that the two candidates could shut Democratic candidates out of the November election."
"Both Republicans cast themselves as the party's best chance in California's jungle primary. The rivals promised sweeping conservative overhauls - new dams, tougher crime policies, gutting environmental rules - as Central Valley voters, anxious over water and culture wars, weighed which Republican could win statewide."
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