From an LGBTQ+ rally to Trunk or Treat, Becerra and Hilton barnstorm California hoping to be next governor

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Set us as preferred Donning a creepy mask of Democratic rival Xavier Becerra, Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton dashed around a children’s Halloween event dishing out candy and warnings about potential liberal tax policies.“Vote for Becerra, and your parents will have to pay every mile they drive.

Isn’t that great?” Hilton sarcastically said at a Trunk or Treat gathering Saturday in Highland Park.“These children are very pricey because if their parents vote for Becerra, they will be taxed every mile they drive.

Yay! Yay! Mileage tax! Mileage tax! Mileage tax!”Becerra was not spooked when he heard of Hilton’s get-up and put-down.“I suspect, if he takes off that mask, you’ll see Donald Trump right underneath,” Becerra, a former congressman, state attorney general and member of President Biden’s Cabinet, said at a campaign event in Sacramento on Saturday.“That’s who he really is.

Either that or he’s a clown.”With Tuesday’s election barreling toward them, Becerra and Hilton traded barbs and did their the best to gin up support as they crisscrossed California in what has been a relatively sedate race to succeed Democrat Gavin Newsom, who is wrapping up his final term as governor.Recent polls show Becerra leading Hilton by at least 20 percentage points, which is not a surprise in a state where Democratic voters vastly outnumber Republicans and GOP candidates last won a statewide election two decades ago.

Becerra has spent the waning days of the campaign stumping for Democrats in competitive House races in the Central Valley and Southern California.Party leaders are trying to capitalize on broad anti-Trump sentiment to juice the state’s liberal electorate and win House seats that were redrawn to favor Democrats, including a Sacramento-area seat currently held by Republican-turned-in...