2026 polls
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Filter · Governor, California
9 polls · California
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| Field dates | Race | Pollster | Sample | Results |
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| Oct 19 to Oct 25, 2026 | California Governor | UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies | 1,477 Likely voters |
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| Oct 19 to Oct 24, 2026 | California Governor | SurveyUSA | 799 Likely voters |
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| Oct 17 to Oct 19, 2026 | California Governor | Emerson College | 1,000 Likely voters |
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| Oct 9 to Oct 14, 2026 | California Governor | University of California Berkeley Jack Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research/Verasight/TrueDot | 909 Likely voters |
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| Sep 15 to Sep 20, 2026 | California Governor | SurveyUSA | 742 Likely voters |
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| Sep 15 to Sep 20, 2026 | California Governor | UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies | 4,512 Likely voters |
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| Sep 11 to Sep 16, 2026 | California Governor | University of California Berkeley Jack Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research/Verasight/TrueDot | 1,983 Likely voters |
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| Aug 3 to Aug 9, 2026 | California Governor | UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies | 2,310 Likely voters |
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| Jun 13 to Jun 17, 2026 | California Governor | Kreate Strategies | 900 Likely voters |
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- 61%Xavier Becerra
- 34%Steve Hilton
UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies · Oct 19 to Oct 25, 2026 · 1,477 likely voters
- 54%Xavier Becerra
- 32%Steve Hilton
SurveyUSA · Oct 19 to Oct 24, 2026 · 799 likely voters
- 60%Xavier Becerra
- 33%Steve Hilton
Emerson College · Oct 17 to Oct 19, 2026 · 1,000 likely voters
- 55%Xavier Becerra
- 35%Steve Hilton
University of California Berkeley Jack Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research/Verasight/TrueDot · Oct 9 to Oct 14, 2026 · 909 likely voters
- 55%Xavier Becerra
- 33%Steve Hilton
SurveyUSA · Sep 15 to Sep 20, 2026 · 742 likely voters
- 58%Xavier Becerra
- 33%Steve Hilton
UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies · Sep 15 to Sep 20, 2026 · 4,512 likely voters
- 54%Xavier Becerra
- 36%Steve Hilton
University of California Berkeley Jack Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research/Verasight/TrueDot · Sep 11 to Sep 16, 2026 · 1,983 likely voters
- 55%Xavier Becerra
- 37%Steve Hilton
UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies · Aug 3 to Aug 9, 2026 · 2,310 likely voters
- 58%Xavier Becerra
- 33%Steve Hilton
Kreate Strategies · Jun 13 to Jun 17, 2026 · 900 likely voters
Source and license
Polling data from VoteHub (https://votehub.com/polls/api/), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Records reformatted by Election Wrld.
“Incumbent” marks a name that exactly matches the current holder of that seat in our officials files. Some polls were fielded in 2025. Last poll added to our copy: October 30, 2026. The polls API returns the same rows as JSON, or as CSV with ?format=csv.