New polling, conducted after videos of former Rep. Katie Porter‘s interactions with a journalist and a staffer went viral, shows the former congresswoman and Republican Steve Hilton at the front of the pack of contenders in the 2026 race for California governor.

But it also shows many likely voters are still undecided.

Hilton, a former Fox News host who got his start in politics in the United Kingdom, led the new Emerson College poll with 16%.

Porter, who served three terms in Congress representing an Orange County district before mounting an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate last year, was nearly tied at 15%.

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco came in at No. 3 with 11%. And Democrats Xavier Becerra and Antonio Villaraigosa both clocked in at 5%.

All of the other candidates had less

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