Former Fox News host Steve Hilton has advanced to the general election in the California gubernatorial race, NBC News projects, where he will face former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Bec

Conservative commentator Steve Hilton is projected to advance out of California’s top-two gubernatorial “jungle” primary to compete against former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, setting up a faceoff between a longtime Democratic official and President Donald Trump’s pick for the job.

The race for California governor is on track for a two-person runoff in November between veteran Democratic politician Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton, a British-born television personality endorsed by President Donald Trump.

Steve Hilton, President Donald Trump's pick for California governor, will advance to a November runoff with Xavier Becerra.

California’s gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra kicked off his general election campaign in the Historic South-Central neighborhood of Los Angele Tuesday, just days after NBC News projected that the former Health and Human Services secretary would advance to the November runoff.

Hilton, a Republican racing to face off for California Governor in the midterms, speaks about President Trump's claim of a conspiracy to rig the vote against him.

Democrat Tom Steyer, still hoping to compete against Democrat Xavier Becerra in November’s California gubernatorial election, has made gains in the vote count, but it may not be enough to overtake Republican Steve Hilton.

As of Tuesday morning, Becerra received more than 2.2 million votes, 27.7% percent of the ballots tallied so far. He was trailed by Republican Steve Hilton with 25% of the votes and Democrat Tom Steyer with 22.