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Masterstroke: Trump’s Hilton endorsement ensures GOP turnout for voter ID

President Donald Trump intervened in the California gubernatorial primary on Monday, endorsing former Fox News contributor Steve Hilton.

Crtiics are saying that Trump doomed his party’s chances by doing so.

In fact, Trump may just have ensured the passage of voter ID in California — while also helping Republicans in downticket races for the US House and other offices.

The California race for governor has been in search of a clear leader for months.  

While the Democrats have split their vote among a crowded field of candidates, two Republicans — Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco — have risen to the top of the polls.  

With Trump’s endorsement of Hilton, the race has likely found the leader it has been missing.

He has been a Trump supporter in his various media roles for many years. He also has been a fierce critic of the Democrats’ one-party rule in California, and of Gavin Newsom’s absentee reign as governor.

In recent months, Hilton has picked up the DOGE mantle, and pushed for accountability for the spending fraud that has marred Newsom’s governorship. 

He faces an uphill battle against any Democrat. But he may have a slim chance.

Democrats’ far-left policies have driven the state into deep trouble economically, as well as on crime, schooling, roads, poverty, homelessness, fire insurance, and........

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