Candidates make closing arguments to voters

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Nov 2, 2026
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Thanks, Justin. The final campaign blitz
is underway ahead of Election Day tomorrow.
Mario joins us live from Chinatown with more
on what the candidates for governor
are doing today. Mario, good morning.
Yeah, Jen, Bob, that's right. One of the big races,
of course, who will replace current
Governor Gavin Newsom for the next four years?
And, you know, affordability, gas prices,
that has been a big topic.
The current L.A. average is just under $6 a gallon for unleaded
this morning. And that is why Steve Hilton,
the Republican running for governor, is in South L.A.
later today. He's offering dozens of drivers $3 a gallon gas.
The first 150, Javier Becerra,
the Democrat, he's campaigning here in Chinatown,
just outside homegirl Catholic.
They will be able to see that a little later this morning.
So take a look.
Both spending Sunday,
really making that final push ahead of Election Day.
We're just about 24 hours away now.
Becerra rallied supporters in Hollywood,
joined by some of California's biggest Democratic
names, former VP Kamala Harris, Senator Alex Padilla,
Governor Newsom, the former California
Attorney General and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary,
hoping to keep the governor's
office in Democratic hands.
And he's making affordability a central part of his campaign,
arguing that California families
Candidates need relief from rising everyday costs.
Now meantime, Republican Steve Hilton
was campaigning in the Pacific Palisades Sunday.
The former Fox News host promising lower taxes,
cheaper gas, and a new direction for California.
Hilton trying to become the state's first Republican
governor elected since Arnold Schwarzenegger.
And both candidates making some big promises
about what they would or wouldn't do if elected
into office.
Gas prices can't get any higher.
Under Javier Becerra, you'll get $8 gas. With me, $3 gas.
You think taxes can't get any higher?
Under Javier Becerra, your taxes are going through
the roof, starting with his mileage tax.
With me, your first 150 grand tax free.
The cost of living is hitting us hard.
And Trump's war tax and tariff taxes
make the hit even harder. But this is California.
Where no problem is too great to solve
and no person too small to matter.
So tomorrow is the big day of California voters deciding which
of these two candidates will lead the state for the next four years.
Housing, affordability, taxes, public safety and the economy.
All big topics ahead of the election.
Back out here live again. We're just outside
Homegrown Cafe, and you can see they are
transforming the street here into Vote Alley.
They're going to have some mobile voting booths
set up here, and Becerra is expected to be here
a little later this morning talking to registered
voters. For now, live here in Chinatown, we'll send it back to you.
Yeah, the very final push,
Mario. In fact, the candidates for L.A. mayor were also out
and about over the weekend. No surprise
Yeah, that's right. Bass, we saw her voting,
casting her ballot in Koreatown.
Rahman, on the other hand, has
been crisscrossing parts of the San Fernando Valley.
That's an area that she represents.
And there's a new poll from the L.A. Times,
or published by the L.A. Times,
and it shows that both are neck and neck,
nearly 40 percent, and 19 percent of voters are undecided.
And what's interesting is just last month, Rahman had an 11-point lead.
Bass is closing that gap,
and we still have nearly one in five voters that don't know,
according to these recent polls, are undecided,
not sure which way they're going to go.
So this final push will really come down
to getting those undecided voters and getting
them out there to vote come tomorrow if they haven't already.
All right.
We'll have to see.
Mario, thank you.
