The Associated Press reports that Democrat Xavier Becerra, a former state attorney general and Biden administration official, won California's 2026 governor's race, defeating Republican Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host who has never held elected office, and extending the Democrats' 16-year statewide winning streak. Becerra tied Hilton to President Donald Trump, whom Hilton pledged to counter with promises to abolish the DMV and cut gas prices to $3 a gallon, and Sophie Austin writes that Becerra's victory keeps California and the White House adversaries through the rest of Trump's term.