Steve Hilton launches ad mocking Xavier Becerra's '36 years' as a career politician in California gov race
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Steve Hilton mounts unlikely California governor bid, challenging Democrats amid high costs, voter frustration and a tightly contested jungle primary California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton launched a new campaign ad Saturday targeting former Biden administration official Xavier Becerra, signaling the general election fight may already be underway even as primary ballots continue to be counted. The 55-second ad mocks Becerra's lengthy political career and record in government, portraying the Democrat as a continuation of California's political status quo. The ad features silent clips of Becerra appearing on an old-fashioned TV screen while captions flash across the screen, including: "I've been a career politician for 36 years.