2026-05-20T08:00:48-04:00 / 福克斯新闻频道
纽瑟姆称他有一项“紧急预案”，以确保民主党不会被排除在大选之外
作者：伊莱恩·马隆 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年5月20日 美国东部时间上午8:00
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《福克斯新闻@夜间》栏目嘉宾凯蒂·扎卡里亚和侯曼·赫马蒂博士讨论了现任加州领导层面临的挑战。
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加州共和党州长竞选领跑者史蒂夫·希尔顿抨击民主党州长加文·纽瑟姆“制造恐慌”，此前纽瑟姆暗示，若民主党面临被排除在大选之外的风险，他将启动一项应急计划。
加州初选仅剩两周时间，根据该州的丛林初选制度——得票最高的两名候选人无论所属党派均可晋级大选——两党都担心自己的党派无法在大选中获得代表席位。
纽瑟姆上周四在一场新闻发布会上表达了对共和党包揽前两名的担忧，并解释称他有一项“紧急预案”，以确保民主党不会被“排除在外”。
“许多人都清楚，如果民主党被排除在外会是什么局面，我们将尽一切努力确保这种情况不会发生，”纽瑟姆说道，“我就说到这里。”
乔伊·里德抨击加州民主党任由共和党候选人在州长竞选中领先
前微软全国广播公司（MSNBC）主持人乔伊·里德警告加州民主党人，他们有可能在州长竞选中失去优势，并称该州对民主党全国政治未来至关重要。（盖蒂图片社）
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系纽瑟姆办公室寻求进一步置评。
希尔顿声称，纽瑟姆的言论是一种策略，旨在分裂共和党选民，让他自己与共和党候选人查德·比安科之间产生分歧。
“他并不是在阻止‘共和党人包揽前两名’的结果，因为这根本不可能，也从来没有可能，”希尔顿在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中说道，“查德·比安科在民调和筹款方面都远远落后，毫无进入前两名的可能。”
共和党候选人比安科在加州辩论中对凯蒂·波特的两字吐槽引发观众惊呼
2026年3月18日，加利福尼亚州圣洛伦索，州长加文·纽瑟姆在圣洛伦索高中的新闻发布会上签署一项行政命令，以扩大女性获得资本和财富创造机会的途径。（泰丰·科斯昆/阿纳多卢通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社）
真实清晰政治（RealClearPolitics）的民调平均值显示，希尔顿在候选人中领跑，民主党候选人泽维尔·贝塞拉紧随其后，差距不大。与此同时，比安科排在第四位，落后明显。
希尔顿认为，如果最终出现两名民主党人对决的局面，将是纽瑟姆的“理想场景”，因为这会转移人们对纽瑟姆“糟糕的执政记录”的关注，而他正着眼于2028年的总统竞选。
“纽瑟姆和民主党人之所以对大选中共和党人对决的情况制造恐慌，恰恰是为了鼓励共和党选民分散选票，从而确保民主党包揽大选前两名，”希尔顿在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中说道。
在周二发布到X平台的一段视频中，希尔顿呼吁共和党对手比安科退出竞选，以确保大选中有共和党候选人参选。
政治战略家表示，两党都存在合理担忧：由于丛林初选制度，他们的政党可能被排除在大选之外。该制度于2010年经全州公投通过后正式实施。
民主党州长候选人泽维尔·贝塞拉在圣安娜儿童指导中心与代表们举行的圆桌讨论上发言，2026年3月31日，周二。（伦纳德·奥尔蒂斯/媒体新闻集团/橙县纪事报 via 盖蒂图片社）
“这真的是第一次没有明显获胜者的州长选举，这也是为什么局势如此紧张的原因，”《选举登记新闻》所有者理查德·温格告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
温格和前民主党州参议员达里奥·弗罗姆默指出了其他一些席位空缺、最终由同党派两名候选人对决大选的选举案例。
“2018年加州联邦参议院初选中， Kamala哈里斯和众议员琳达·桑切斯成为前两名，共和党人因此被排除在大选之外，还有其他一些选举中，共和党或民主党都曾因为‘前两名制’被排除在大选之外，”现已成为立法战略家的弗罗姆默告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
“我认为早期民主党内部确实存在真正的担忧，因为当时民主党候选人众多，人们担心希尔顿和比安科会成为得票最高的两名候选人，”弗罗姆默告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“现在情况已经有所改变。”
弗罗姆默表示，根据当前民调，预计得票最高的两名候选人可能是希尔顿、贝塞拉以及民主党候选人汤姆·施泰尔。
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但与此同时，弗罗姆默称民主党人也并非高枕无忧。
“通常到这个时候，已经有更多选民完成了投票，但现在并没有，因此我认为民主党人的担忧是真实存在的：选民迟迟不愿填写选票，而共和党候选人只剩两位，”弗罗姆默告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
今年秋季两党都担心自己会被排除在大选之外，这促使民主党战略家史蒂文·马维吉洛发起一项 ballot 倡议运动，旨在废除丛林初选制度。这项举措有可能出现在2028年的选票上。
“如果最终出现两名共和党人或两名民主党人对决大选的情况，选民的愤怒情绪将会高涨，而这只会让人们更加清楚地认识到，这是一项失败的试验，”马维吉洛在谈及丛林初选制度时说道。
伊莱恩·马隆是福克斯新闻数字频道和福克斯商业频道的记者，负责报道全国政治新闻。
Newsom’s ‘break the glass’ warning fuels Hilton accusation Democrats are exploiting jungle primary fears
2026-05-20T08:00:48-04:00 / Fox News
Newsom said he has a ‘break the glass scenario’ to ensure Democrats aren’t locked out of the general election
By Elaine Mallon Fox News
Published May 20, 2026 8:00am EDT
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California Republican gubernatorial frontrunner Steve Hilton blasted Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom for “fear mongering” after the governor suggested he had a contingency plan if Democrats appeared at risk of being shut out of the general election.
California’s primary election is just two weeks away, and under the state’s jungle primary system — where the top two vote-getters advance regardless of party — both Democrats and Republicans fear they won’t be represented in the general election.
Newsom expressed his concern about a Republican shutdown last Thursday during a news conference, explaining that he has a “break the glass scenario” to ensure Democrats aren’t “locked out.”
“There’s many people that have a deep understanding of what it would look like if Democrats were locked out, and we’re going to do everything to make sure that doesn’t happen,” Newsom said. “I’ll leave it there.”
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Fox News Digital reached out to Newsom’s office for further comment.
Hilton claimed that Newsom’s comments were a tactic to split Republican voters between himself and Republican candidate Chad Bianco.
“He’s not trying to stop a ‘top two Republican’ outcome because that is not possible and never was,” Hilton said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “Chad Bianco is far behind in the polls and fundraising, and has no chance of being in the top two.”
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RealClearPolitics’ polling averages show Hilton leading the pack of candidates, with Democratic candidate Xavier Becerra in a close second. Meanwhile, Bianco trails in fourth place.
Hilton argued it would be Newsom’s “ideal scenario” to have two Democrats facing off, saying it would deflect attention from Newsom’s “appalling record” as he eyes a 2028 presidential run.
“Newsom and the Democrats are fearmongering over a R vs R matchup in the general election precisely to encourage Republicans to split their votes, thus guaranteeing an all-Democrat top two,” Hilton said in a statement for Fox News Digital.
In a video posted to X on Tuesday, Hilton called on his Republican opponent Bianco to drop out of the race, in an effort to ensure a Republican is on the ballot.
Political strategists have said there is a valid fear among both Democrats and Republicans that their party could be shut out of the general election due to the jungle primary system, which went into effect after voters approved it in a statewide referendum in 2010.
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, speaks during a roundtable discussion with representatives from Child Guidance Center in Santa Ana on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.(Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
“This is really the first gubernatorial election where there’s no obvious winner, so that’s why it’s such a tense thing,” Richard Winger, owner of Ballot Access News, told Fox News Digital.
Winger and former Democratic state Sen. Dario Frommer pointed to other races where the seat was open and two candidates of the same party were running against each other in the general election.
“The Republicans were shut out in the California U.S. Senate primary in 2018 when the top two vote getters were Kamala Harris and Rep. Linda Sanchez, and there have been other races where either Republicans or Democrats were shut out of the general election because of the top two,” Frommer, who is now a legislative strategist, told Fox News Digital.
“I think early on there was genuine, genuine concern of the Democratic party, because there were so many Democratic candidates that Hilton and Bianco were going to be the top two vote getters,” Frommer told Fox News Digital. “Now that’s changed a bit.”
Frommer said that, based on current polling, the top two vote-getters appear likely to be Hilton, Becerra, and Democratic candidate Tom Steyer.
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But at the same time Frommer said Democrats aren’t in the clear either.
“Usually, there’s a lot more people overall voting by this point, and they’re not, and so I think that concern is real for Democrats, that people wait too long to fill out their ballots, and there’s only two Republican candidates,” Frommer told Fox News Digital.
The fear of either party being shut out of the general election this fall has prompted Democratic strategist Steven Maviglio to organize a ballot initiative campaign to eliminate the jungle primary system, a measure that could appear on the 2028 ballot.
“I think if two Republicans make the ballot, or if two Democrats make the ballot, then voter outrage will be high, and that will only focus on just what a failed experiment this is,” Maviglio said of the jungle primary system.
Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.