Californians: who is your top candidate for Governor?

[SSJVegeta]

I only know of 3 potential candidates. I'm willing to add more at your request.

24 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Kamala Harris
	9 (38%)
	Katie Porter
	12 (50%)
	Antonio Villaragosa
	1 (4%)
	Lt Gov Kounalakis
	0 (0%)
	Toni Atkins
	2 (8%)
	Xavier Becerra
	0 (0%)
	Tony Thurmond
	0 (0%)
	Betty Yee
	0 (0%)
	Rick Caruso
	0 (0%)
	Stephen Cloobeck
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Harris has not declared she is running

Porter has, and I think Villaragosa has as well.

[SSJVegeta]

2. Thanks! Yeah. Thats why i said "potential candidates". Do you know of anybody besides Harris who might join the race?

[Fiendish Thingy]

3. If you mean the Democratic primary, no

But I’m sure the Republicans will find a suitable nutjob who will run on anti-immigrant policies.

[SSJVegeta]

4. Generally Republicans who get the nomination are not qualified to hold office

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. Of course

But a Republican nominee who runs a campaign focused on anti-immigrant rhetoric will probably get more votes than one who doesn’t.

[SSJVegeta]

7. Do you thimk that still applies in California?

I feel like CA is one place where that play is likely to work against them more than anything at this point.

[Fiendish Thingy]

8. We shall see

But my expectation is Republicans will make immigration the central topic of the governor’s race.

[SSJVegeta]

10. I definitely see reverse coattails for them in that scenario

Minimum 3 US congress seats in the CA delegation.

[Bobstandard]

11. Much of CA is rural and Maga

They’re willing to screw themselves in order to mess with the libtards and cause fear and pain everywhere.—as we see continually

[RockRaven]

5. Lt Gov Kounalakis made it known a couple of years ago that she'd be running,

as is fairly typical. That was Newsom's route before her, after all.

Other unsurprising candidates, since they've won statewide elections before, are Becerra and Yee and Thurmond.

A thorough list of candidates and possible candidates available here on Wikipedia:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_California_gubernatorial_election

[SSJVegeta]

9. Updated. Thank you!!

[Retrograde]

13. Or as most Californians would say

Who? She's been Lt. Governor for two terms now, and I doubt many Californians know who she is. I don't, and I actually try to keep myself informed.

[LogDog75]

12. I'm leaning towards Toni Atkins

She's been my state assembly member and state senate member. She's served on the San Diego City Council before being elected to the state assembly and within two years she was Speaker of the State Assembly. After she was termed out she ran and was elected to the State Senate in 2016. Two years later she was selected as the President pro tempore of the California State Senate and served in that position until 2024.

She has experience at the local level and at the state level as leader of both the state assembly and state senate. She knows how to get things done.