SF Politics Governor's Race Reshuffles In New Poll With Swalwell Pulling Ahead, Thank God East Bay Congressman Eric Swalwell appears to be pulling ahead of the pack of candidates for California governor, and thankfully it's not just the two Republicans at the top of the polls anymore.
SF Politics Latest Poll In CA Governor's Race Has Swalwell and Hilton Surging Ahead of the Pack, 21% Still Undecided A new independent poll finds Rep. Eric Swalwell overtaking Republican Chad Bianco, which is good news for those of us who don't want a Republican v. Republican governor's race.
SF Politics In First Big Governor’s Race Endorsement, Senator Adam Schiff Endorses Eric Swalwell A sleepy race to succeed Gavin Newsom as California Governor just got a little bit of a jolt, as Senator Adam Schiff publicly put his chips on East Bay House Representative Eric Swalwell.
SF Politics Seven Candidates for Governor Spar at San Francisco Debate, But It Was a Lackluster and Forgettable Affair Tuesday’s California gubernatorial debate gathered seven of the candidates right here in SF, and all seven were quite polished, but no one distinguished themselves in an event clearly overshadowed by the Super Bowl lead-up.
SF Politics San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan Declares He’s Running for Governor, Becomes Zillionth Democrat In the Race Yet another Democratic candidate has declared for the 2026 California Governor’s race, and the tech industry now has their favorite guy in the mix, with three-year San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan throwing his hat in the ring.
SF Politics SF Hosts Governor's Race Debate This Tuesday Night, at Bayview Opera House There’s just five months until we choose who will be the next California governor (or at least, have the primary election for that office), and six major candidates will be duking it out Tuesday night here in SF in a debate.
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 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 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 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 Kamala Harris for California Governor? New Poll Shows She'd Be the Frontrunner A new LA Times poll finds the job of succeeding Gavin Newsom as California Governor could easily be Kamala Harris’s if she wanted it, in large part because hardly anyone recognizes the names of the other people expected to run.
SF News Are Gavin Newsom And Kamala Harris Headed For A Political 'Demolition Derby'? Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris are both well known and respected California Democrats with designs on higher offices, but are they going to come to some sort of gentleman's agreement about who's going
SF News Is Jerry Going to Kill Off Redevelopment to Save Education? No doubt, Jerry Brown's got big problems to work out in Sacramento to deal with the state's $28 billion dollar deficit. But word on the street is that he's contemplating ending redevelopment, the
SF News Meg and Jerry Duke it Out at Final Gubernatorial Debate We might not have gotten that radio debate last week, but it sounds like the boxing match at the final gubernatorial debate in San Rafael last night made for better visuals anyway. According
SF News Brown Still Has Plenty of Money Left in Campaign Coffers; Whitman, Not So Much According to new campaign finance reports, Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is swiftly running out of money, while Jerry Brown still has plenty with which to run attack ads between now and November
SF News Brown Already Calling Whitman a Nazi "It's like Joseph Goebbels. Goebbels invented this kind of propaganda. He took control of the whole world. She wants to be president. That's her ambition, the first woman president. That's what this is
SF News Meg Whitman Dumps $20 Million More Into Her Quest for the Governor's Office Blowhard bully mama and bad citizen Meg Whitman announced today that she's dumping 20 million more of her hard earned American dollars into her run for Governor of the Great State of California.
SF News Feinstein : Will She Or Won't She? Now that Gavin Newsom has dropped out of the governor's race (welcome back to work, Gavin!), rumors are swirling that Senator Dianne Feinstein might take a stab as the new "it" Democratic candidate.
