I’m writing this to you directly from my phone.

No consultants, no PR team, no polished scripts.

Just me.

I just walked out of a meeting with our internal data team, and I am not supposed to share these numbers with you. But you deserve the truth.

We are leading.

Despite the media blackout, despite the skepticism from the DC establishment, our internal tracking shows us ahead of the Democrats.

My message of "Positive Populism", actually fixing California instead of managing its decline — is resonating with everyone from working families in the Central Valley to parents in the suburbs.

But that good news is exactly why I’m terrified.

The machine knows I’m winning. And because they know they can’t beat me on ideas, they are preparing to buy this election.

I’ve received intel that the globalists, the Soros-aligned elites, and the Sacramento special interests are panic-fundraising right now. They are ready to flood this arena with a tsunami of dark money from the absolute worst places.

We aren't just talking about local Democrats. We are talking about the International Ruling Class that hates everything President Trump stands for. They know California is their last stronghold, their "Resistance Headquarters."

They cannot afford to let an outsider like me take the Governor's mansion.

I’m distraught. I’ve worked my whole life to fight these elites.

I cannot fight a 10-to-1 spending deficit on my own.

I won't be able to come back from the deficit they are about to create.

I need you to be my shield against their millions.

I am asking you, from a place of genuine humility and urgent need:

Can you help me hold the line?

If you are going to give to any race this cycle, it has to be this one. Because if we lose here, we don't just lose a Governorship — we hand the globalist machine a permanent base of operations to attack our country.

Please, don't scroll past this.

I am humbled by your support, and I need you now more than ever.

With hope and gratitude,

- Steve Hilton