Former Fox News host Steve Hilton has announced that he will enter the California governor’s race in a bid to become the Golden State’s first Republican chief executive since Arnold Schwarzenegger, according to Politico.

Schwarzenegger served as governor of California from November 2003 to January 2011.

Politico reported that Hilton, who previously served as an adviser to British Prime Minister David Cameron, has been mulling a run for some time  and is the second major Republican candidate to enter the 2026 contest. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco has also thrown his hat in the ring as a Republican.

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