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Porter and Hilton Lead California Governor Primary Poll Following Harris’s Exit

The poll shows trailing candidates at single-digit support under California’s nonpartisan top-two system that advances the two highest vote-getters regardless of party

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Overview

  • Katie Porter tops the field with 18 percent support in the Emerson College Poll, followed by Steve Hilton at 12 percent.
  • Undecided voters have declined from 54 percent in April to 38 percent in the latest survey, signaling gradual consolidation in the wide-open race.
  • Republican Chad Bianco polls at 7 percent; Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa and Republican-turned-Democrat Rick Caruso register 5 percent and 4 percent, respectively.
  • Former Vice President Kamala Harris announced she would not enter the race, reshaping the Democratic field and voter alignments.
  • The survey of 1,000 active registered California voters was conducted Aug. 4–5 with a credibility interval of plus or minus three percentage points.