SF Politics New Poll Finds Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton Increasing Their Leads In Governor's Race After a new poll released this week, it is looking increasingly likely that the two candidates who will be on the November ballot for governor of California are Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton.
SF Politics At Final Governor's Race Debate Before Primary, Becerra Gets Attacked, Porter Still Trying to Break Through On Thursday night at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco, seven of the candidates for California governor debated one last time before the June 2 primary, each trying to change their standing in the polls and become one of the top two vote-getters.
SF Politics New Poll Shows Becerra at Top In Governor’s Race and Still Climbing Despite a tense exchange with a reporter this week, along with recent criticism from colleagues, gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra is now in the lead in a new poll and continues to rise.
SF Politics Some Democrats Float Strategy of Waiting Until Final Days to Vote In Primary For Governor, Focusing on Frontrunner Though it's not likely, Democrats in California run the risk of splitting their votes in the June primary and getting locked out of the November election, so some are arguing for being strategic with your vote.
SF Politics Becerra Takes Attacks From All Sides, Porter Defends Against Criticism at Latest Gubernatorial Candidate Debate Former Congresswoman Katie Porter tried to stand apart and make her case at Tuesday night's governor's race primary debate hosted by CNN, while all the candidates appeared to gang up on Xavier Becerra.
SF Politics Tom Steyer Gets Endorsement From Willie Brown as NYT Looks Into His Fossil Fuel Fortune Billionaire Tom Steyer has emerged as a frontrunner in the race for California governor, in no small part because of the millions of dollars of his own money that he's spent on ads before we've even had a primary.
SF Politics Steyer Closing In On Hilton In Latest Governor's Race Poll, Becerra On the Rise As more undecided voters appear to be finding a candidate they like, and following some televised debates, a new poll finds billionaire Tom Steyer continuing to hold a lead among the Democrats, and only one point behind Republican Steve Hilton.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Gubernatorial Candidates to Face Off In New Debate Six leading candidates for governor will face off in a debate tonight; a tornado touched down near Clovis on Tuesday; and San Mateo has banned the sale of kratom.
SF Politics Another Democrat Exits CA Governor's Race, and It's Betty Yee The field of prominent Democrats running to be the next governor of California just shrank once more, one week after the unceremonious exit of former Congressman Eric Swalwell amid sexual assault allegations.
SF Politics With Swalwell Out, New Governor's Race Poll Has Republicans In Lead, But Democrats on the Rise Several Democrats in the race for California governor gained some ground in a new poll conducted just in the last two days, following the swift downfall of Eric Swalwell, but the two Republican candidates still hold a small lead.
SF Politics Candidates for Governor Attend Sacramento Forums, Say Swalwell Exit Signals Fresh Start Several California gubernatorial candidates attended two forums in Sacramento Tuesday where they discussed issues affecting Latino and Hispanic communities throughout the state. While one forum heavily discussed the Swalwell scandal, the other left him out of the discussion entirely.
SF Politics Eric Swalwell Pushes Back on Trump and Patel Over Rehash of Chinese Spy Scandal In an effort to embarrass and potentially discredit Congressman Eric Swalwell as he makes a bid for California governor, President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel are rooting around a story that goes back over 14 years regarding a Chinese "honey pot" spy case.
SF Politics SoCal Sheriff Chad Bianco, the Trumper Running for Governor, Seizes 650,000 Ballots From Last November In Concerning Move True to form as a Trump-loving Republican sheriff, and likely just trying to court attention from Fox News and Trump himself, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized 650,000 ballots that were cast in his county in November, claiming they need to be recounted.
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.
