Politico Absurdly Skips Republicans in California Nonpartisan Gubernatorial Primary Analysis
P.J. Gladnick
February 22nd, 2026 6:26 PM
Something appears to be laughably missing in Politico's Saturday story about the June nonpartisan gubernatorial primary in California. Namely the front runner is a Republican, Steve Hilton, and another Republican is very possibly the second place candidate, both of whom would be facing each other in the November general election for governor.
Is it a mere coincidence that Politico writers Blake Jones and Lindsey Holden completely ignored them because they happen to have the taboo (R) by their names which are completely AWOL in "Why Swalwell and Steyer are surging in California governor’s race"?
The focus of the story (to the complete exclusion of Republicans) is made completely absurd by the inconvenient fact that Eric Swalwell is currently in either second or third place while Hilton is ahead of him according to the latest results from Emerson College Polling.
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/pj-gladnick/2026/02/22/politico-absurdly-skips-republicans-california-nonpartisan
