SF Politics Republicans Could Seize Advantage In California Governor's Race If Too Many Democrats Run We're about to enter one of the kookiest election years in California's 175-year history, with a bevy of Congressional seats up for grabs, and a wide open governor's race that already has too many Democrats in it.
SF Politics Rep. Eric Swalwell Officially Launches Campaign for California Governor Liberal East Bay Congressman and one-time presidential candidate Eric Swalwell is joining the increasingly crowded race to become the next governor of California.
SF Politics Connie Chan Officially In, London Breed Out In Race For Pelosi's House Seat The race to fill Nancy Pelosi's big shoes in Congress just gained an official candidate and lost another who hinted at a run two weeks ago.
SF Politics Very Wealthy But Completely Uncharismatic Tom Steyer Now Running for California Governor A crowded field to replace Gavin Newsom in the 2026 governor’s elections just got more crowded, as SF’s own liberal billionaire Tom Steyer has joined the race, in an announcement where he declares, “Bullsh*t, man!”
SF Politics Christine Pelosi Will Not Run For Congress, Will Run For State Senate Well this is an unexpected turn of events. Christine Pelosi, the daughter of Nancy Pelosi, will not run to take over her mother's seat in the House of Representatives in 2026, as was widely speculated.
SF Politics London Breed Confirms She Is Thinking of Running for Pelosi's House Seat Former San Francisco Mayor London Breed may, indeed, be among the field of candidates vying for Nancy Pelosi's seat in Congress after she retires next year.
SF Politics Senator Alex Padilla Will Not Run For Governor, Will Remain In Senate California Senator Alex Padilla announced Tuesday that he will not be seeking the governor's office in 2026, as he'd been rumored to be considering in the last two months. Instead, he will remain in the Senate through the end of Trump's current term.
SF Politics Scott Wiener Reportedly Plans to Run In Primary for SF's Congressional Seat, Whether Pelosi Retires or Not As has long been known, state Senator Scott Wiener has political ambitions beyond the California legislature, and this week he's apparently making moves.
SF Politics Pelosi Challenger Saikat Chakrabarti Officially Kicks Off His 2026 Campaign at SF’s The Chapel The 39-Year-Old Bernie bro who’s running against Nancy Pelosi next November launched his campaign in SF Wednesday night, with the curious profile of a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist who’s also made $170 million in tech.
SF Politics Right Wing Seizes on Katie Porter Interview Where She Gets Testy With Reporter The election for California governor is over a year away, and a lot more is bound to happen before then. But the right wing on social media has seized on a clip of Democratic frontrunner Katie Porter deciding to end an interview because she didn't like its tone.
SF Politics Manny Yekutiel of Manny’s Fame Declares He’s Running for District 8 Supervisor While the election is nearly 14 months away, Manny’s owner Manny Yekiutiel announced he’s running for Supervisor Rafael Mandelman’s current seat as District 8 supervisor, though he’s already got opponents lining up against him.
Politics Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Drops Out of State Treasurer Race, Endorses Kounalakis Following Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis’s announcement that she's dropping out of the governor's race to run for state treasurer in the 2026 election, former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Friday she’s dropping out of the treasurer's race in support of Kounalakis.
SF Politics Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis Drops Out of Governor's Race, Will Run For Treasurer Deciding early that she doesn't want to do battle with Xavier Becerra and Katie Porter, Eleni Kounalakis dropped out of the 2026 race for California governor on Friday.
SF Politics SF Sheriff Gets Blowback Over Puzzling Endorsement of MAGA Crusader for Governor The registered-Democrat and relatively left-leaning SF Sheriff Paul Miyamoto shocked the political class with his unexpected endorsement of a hard-right MAGA firebrand for governor, but says it’s just because the two of them are friends.
SF Politics Kamala Harris Said to Be Weighing 2028 Presidential Run Against Bid for California Governor The reason why former Vice President Kamala Harris hasn't jumped into the race for California governor yet is apparently that she is still of several minds about her future, and she sees a gubernatorial bid as a final choice against vying for the presidency again.
SF Politics Xavier Becerra Throws His Hat In the Ring In California Governor's Race Former US Secretary of Health and Human Services, former congressman, and former Attorney General of California Xavier Becerra has officially joined an already crowded field of Democrats who may be challenging Kamala Harris in the race for California Governor next year.
SF Politics Katie Porter Announces Run For California Governor Much like she did getting out ahead of the race for Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat in early 2023, former Congresswoman Katie Porter is jumping ahead of presumed candidate Kamala Harris in announcing her bid for the governor's office in 2026.
SF Politics Pelosi Has a 2026 Election Challenger, an AOC Guy Who’s Reportedly Worth At Least $100 Million 39-year-old former Stripe engineer Saikat Chakrabarti is forming a far-left challenge to take Nancy Pelosi’s seat in 2026, after burnishing his credentials with the 2016 Bernie campaign and as AOC’s chief of staff, and he has quite the personal fortune to run with.
SF Politics Katie Porter for Governor? Poll Suggests She Might Do Well Congresswoman Katie Porter, who is not running for reelection in her purple Southern California district following her unsuccessful run for Senate, is hinting she would consider running for governor in 2026.
