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While Republican Steve Hilton has spent months jackrabbiting around California during his long-shot bid for governor, Democratic front runner Xavier Becerra just recently emerged from quasi hibernation and stepped into political daylight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Paramount had initially been viewed as a front runner in the deal given the close ties its CEO, David Ellison, and his father, Oracle Corp.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 8, 2025

With Kamala Harris out of the California governor’s race, other candidates are jockeying to be seen as the new front runner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025

Some reviews are predicting that one of the film's stars Ralph Fiennes could well be the early front runner for best actor too.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2024

Twice champion of the USSR, he’d won the 1958 Portorož Interzonal, becoming a front runner to play the incumbent titleholder, Mikhail Botvinnik, for the World Championship in 1960.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Herta, previously a front-runner in the US-based Indycar championship, moved to Formula 2 this year with the intention of preparing himself for F1.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The UAE nominated Wednesday its foreign ministry official Lana Nusseibeh to run in the contest to lead the UN as none of the six existing candidates has emerged as a clear front-runner.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Xavier Becerra — the front-runner in the race to succeed Newsom as governor — had all urged Bonta to settle the case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

After a brief turn as a front-runner in the model-development race with the release of Gemini 3.0 last November, Google has encountered a series of setbacks this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

I was pretty sure I had the front-runner all picked out.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman