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Steve Hilton

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A political commentator mentioned by Carolla as a suitable, competent candidate to be the next governor of California.


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Summary

Steve Hilton is a British-American political commentator, entrepreneur, and Republican politician currently running for Governor of California in the 2026 election. Born in London to Hungarian refugees, Hilton rose to prominence as the Director of Strategy for British Prime Minister David Cameron from 2010 to 2012, where he was credited with modernizing the Conservative Party's image. After moving to the United States in 2012, he transitioned into media and technology, hosting the Fox News program 'The Next Revolution' from 2017 to 2023 and co-founding the crowdfunding platform Crowdpac. Hilton is a proponent of 'positive populism' and a vocal supporter of Donald Trump. In recent political discussions, such as on the 'All-In Podcast,' he has been identified by figures like Adam Carolla as a business-minded outsider capable of addressing California's governance issues, contrasting him with the state's current Democratic leadership.

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Extracted Attributes
  • Education

    Bachelor of Arts from New College, Oxford

  • Full Name

    Stephen Glenn Charles Hilton

  • Citizenship

    British (1969-present), American (naturalized 2021)

  • Date of Birth

    1969-08-25

  • Place of Birth

    London, England, United Kingdom

  • Individual Donors

    30,000+ contributors

  • Campaign Fundraising

    $5.7 million USD (as of January 2026)

  • Political Affiliation

    Republican Party (US), Conservative Party (UK)

Timeline
  • Born in London, England to Hungarian refugee parents. (Source: Wikipedia)

    1969-08-25

  • Returned to UK politics as Head of Strategy for David Cameron. (Source: capitolweekly.net)

    2005-01-01

  • Married Rachel Whetstone. (Source: Wikipedia)

    2008-01-01

  • Appointed Director of Strategy for Prime Minister David Cameron following the UK general election. (Source: Wikipedia)

    2010-05-11

  • Stepped down from his role in the UK government and moved to Silicon Valley, California. (Source: stevehiltonshow.com)

    2012-05-01

  • Launched 'The Next Revolution' on Fox News Channel. (Source: Wikipedia)

    2017-06-04

  • Resigned as CEO of Crowdpac after the platform shifted toward a progressive-only model. (Source: stevehiltonshow.com)

    2018-05-01

  • Became a naturalized citizen of the United States. (Source: NY Post)

    2021-01-01

  • Fox News ended the run of 'The Next Revolution' as part of a weekend lineup shakeup. (Source: Wikipedia)

    2023-06-01

  • Announced a fundraising total of $5.7 million for his California gubernatorial campaign, leading the field of candidates. (Source: NY Post)

    2026-01-12

Steve Hilton

Stephen Glenn Charles Hilton (born 25 August 1969) is a British and American political commentator, former political adviser, and contributor for Fox News Channel. He served as director of strategy for the British Prime Minister David Cameron from 2010 to 2012. Hilton hosted The Next Revolution, a weekly current affairs show for Fox News from 2017 to 2023. He is a proponent of what he calls "positive populism" and a strong endorser of U.S. President Donald Trump. He was a co-founder of the crowd-funding platform Crowdpac, but resigned as CEO in 2018.

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  • Steve Hilton - Wikipedia

    Stephen Glenn Charles Hilton (born 25 August 1969) is a British and American political commentator, former political adviser, and contributor for Fox News Channel. He served as director of strategy for the British Prime Minister David Cameron from 2010 to 2012. Hilton hosted The Next Revolution, a weekly current affairs show for Fox News from 2017 to 2023. He is a proponent of what he calls "positive populism" and a strong endorser of U.S. President Donald Trump. He was a co-founder of the crowd-funding platform Crowdpac, but resigned as CEO in 2018.[non-primary source needed] ## Early life [edit] [...] British political advisor and television host (born 1969) This article is about the politician. For other people with the same name, see Steven Hilton "Steven Hilton (disambiguation)"). | Steve Hilton | | Hilton in 2024 | | Born | Stephen Glenn Charles Hilton (1969-08-25) 25 August 1969 (age 56) London, England | | Citizenship | British (1969–2025) American (2021–present) | | Education | New College, Oxford (BA) | | Political party | Conservative "Conservative Party (UK)") (UK) Republican "Republican Party (United States)") (US) | | Spouse | Rachel Whetstone ​ (m. 2008)​ | | Children | 2 | | Relatives | István Csák (father) | [...] 43. ^ Hilton, Steve (1 November 2016), Elites can afford a Clinton presidency, working people cannot, Fox News, retrieved 28 January 2018 44. ^ "The Next Revolution | Steve Hilton | Fox News Channel". Fox News. Retrieved 20 June 2018. 45. ^ "Fox News Shakes Up Weekend Lineup, Steve Hilton's 'The Next Revolution' Ending Run". Yahoo! News. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023. 46. ^ Relman, Eliza. "Trump's favorite Fox News hosts are pushing him to prioritize the economy over social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic". Business Insider. Retrieved 6 April 2020. 47. ^ Balluck, Kyle (23 March 2020). "Fox's Hilton: 'TV mouthpieces whipping up fear' over coronavirus". The Hill "The Hill (newspaper)"). Retrieved 6 April 2020.

  • Better know a CA gubernatorial candidate: Steve Hilton

    ##### News # Better know a CA gubernatorial candidate: Steve Hilton Steve Hilton. Image via AP. In the fifth installment of our ongoing look at candidates to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom when he terms out next year, we look at Republican candidate Steve Hilton. Former Fox News host Steve Hilton, a Republican, seemingly knows the difficulty members of his own party have had in winning the California governor’s race. He told KCRA in April that his campaign is “non-partisan.” Hilton, a British native, is a former advertising executive who served as a top advisor to former British Prime Minister David Cameron. But he became more familiar to Americans in his role hosting a show on Fox for six years. [...] Hilton’s run will inevitably spark comparisons to Larry Elder’s; he even has a new book with a title (Califailure: Reversing The Ruin Of America’s Worst-Run State) that sounds like it could come from Elder (who authored several books of his own, by the way). Unlike Elder, who was born and raised in Los Angeles, Hilton was born in the United Kingdom, to Hungarian parents on the run from Communism. He attended Oxford University, then briefly got into politics before joining the Saatchi & Saatchi advertising agency. Later, he co-founded the Good Business consulting firm and the London restaurant The Good Cook. In 2005, Hilton returned to politics as Cameron’s Head of Strategy.

  • About Steve Hilton

    Steve was born in the U.K. to Hungarian parents who were refugees from Communism. After attending Christ’s Hospital school and Oxford University, Steve worked in politics for two years before joining advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi, after which he started his own business as co-founder of the Good Business consulting firm and the award-winning London Restaurant, The Good Cook. Steve returned to politics in 2005, assisting former Prime Minister David Cameron as his Head of Strategy. “Once credited as designing the modernized British Conservative image,” the New York Times writes, Steve worked in 10 Downing Street as senior advisor, focusing in particular on the design and implementation of domestic policy. [...] # About Steve Hilton The Rebel Base and The Daily California are projects of author, broadcaster and entrepreneur Steve Hilton. Best known for his FOX News Channel Show, “The Next Revolution,” Steve started this podcast to serve as a non-partisan home for everyone who wants to see change from the worsening consequences of one-party rule in his home state, California. [...] Steve moved to the U.S. with his family in 2012, settling in Silicon Valley. After teaching at Stanford University – including at its world-renowned Institute of Design (‘d.school’), Steve resumed his entrepreneurial career, co-founding Crowdpac, a political crowdfunding platform that aimed to make it easier for independent and independent-minded candidates to raise money to run for office without relying on big donors and party machines. Originally established as non-partisan, Crowdpac overwhelmingly attracted candidates from the left – so in 2018 Steve decided to follow the market and make it a progressive platform, stepping down as CEO. He is now working on a tech platform that will provide easy-to-access advice and support for parents.

  • Steven M. Hilton - Wikipedia

    1. ^ "Stephen Michael Hilton, Born 11/09/1950 in California". California Birth Index. Retrieved May 23, 2016. 2. ^ Walker, Howard (December 8, 2020). "Home of the Week: The Late Barron Hilton's $75 Million LA Manse Was Designed by Trailblazing Architect Paul Williams". Robb Report. Retrieved December 15, 2025. 3. ^ a b "An In-depth Interview with Steven Hilton, President and CEO of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation". The Huffington Post. March 27, 2011. 4. ^ "Steven M. Hilton". Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. 5. ^ a b Julia, Layman. "International Jury Selects Amazon-Frontlines to Received 2024 Hilton Humanitarian Prize". Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Retrieved April 21, 2025. [...] American philanthropist (born 1950) | Steven M. Hilton | | Born | (1950-11-09) November 9, 1950 (age 75) Santa Monica, California, U.S. | | Education | UCLA Anderson School of Management; University of California, Santa Barbara | | Occupation | Philanthropist | | Predecessor | Donald H. Hubbs | | Successor | Peter Laugharn | | Father | Barron Hilton | | Relatives | Hilton family | Steven Michael Hilton (born November 9, 1950) is an American philanthropist. He is the son of hotel magnate Barron Hilton and the grandson of Conrad Hilton, founder of the Hilton Hotels chain. Hilton is the retired chairman of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, a humanitarian charity. He served as president and CEO of the foundation prior to his retirement in 2015. ## Early life, education, and early career [...] ## Early life, education, and early career [edit] Hilton was born in Santa Monica, California, the third of eight children born to Marilyn June (née Hawley) and William Barron Hilton. Barron Hilton, who succeeded his father Conrad Hilton as president and CEO of Hilton Hotels Corporation in 1966, became the family's patriarch after Conrad Hilton's death in 1979. Steven Hilton grew up with his siblings at their family home in Santa Monica,[citation needed] and later in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles.

  • Calif.'s GOP governor candidate Steve Hilton rakes in more ...

    A Republican candidate in California’s gubernatorial race is dominating the fundraising field, raking in more than $4 million in the past six months alone. “We are leading this race and building a grassroots political revolution,” wrote Steve Hilton, the 56-year-old GOP hopeful and former Fox News contributor, on X on Monday. Steve Hilton announcing his run for California governor. “We will keep fighting to kick out the failed, corrupt Democrat machine and save California!” Hilton’s campaign has now raised $5.7 million in total, the most of any candidate from any party, excluding self-funded Dem billionaire Tom Steyer. Hilton’s fundraising is largely credited to more than 30,000 individual donors, according to his campaign. ## Explore More [...] Hilton, a UK native who became a naturalized US citizen in 2021 and describes himself as a political outsider, called his latest funding haul “especially strong,” saying he finished well ahead of “establishment machine politicians like Eric Swalwell and Katie Porter.” “This is truly a fantastic result and shows how much people are sick of Newsom and 16 years of one-party Democrat rule,” Hilton told The Post, referring to current lefty Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who can’t run again because of term limits on the office. “We built this from scratch, in record time,’’ Hilton crowed of his campaign. Hilton was leading among a scarce pack of GOP opponents in a poll last month.

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Steve Clark Field, Hilton Avenue, Assiniview Park, Brandon, Manitoba, R7B 1N2, Canada

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