EXCLUSIVE — California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton on Thursday sent letters to television stations and digital platforms demanding they stop airing ads promoting the state’s controversial redistricting ballot initiative. 

Hilton called Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) pro-Proposition 50 campaign ads, which have been running on stations statewide, a “flat-out lie.” 

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