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 News Humpday Headlines: Katie Porter Offers Sort-of Apology For Interview Spat Gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter is trying to manage the minor fallout from her minor viral flub; a tornado might have touched down in San Mateo County Monday; and 'Bitcoin Jesus' has agreed to pay a $50M tax bill.
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 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 News Saturday Links: Tree Falls During Diablo Valley College Graduation, 12 Injured Alameda is testing for toxic algae after dogs have gotten sick and died from local lagoons; the pilot in the San Diego plane crash was unaware the runway lights and automated weather system were down; and a tree fell during Diablo Valley College’s graduation ceremony, injuring 12.
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 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.
SF Politics Adam Schiff and Katie Porter Make Their Final Campaign Stumps Here in SF Before Tuesday’s Vote Rep. Katie Porter was at Manny’s barnstorming for votes Sunday, while Rep. Adam Schiff was across town at Dogpatch’s the Pearl, as their primary race for Dianne Feinstein’s former Senate seat looms Tuesday.
SF Politics New Poll Shows Steve Garvey In Second Place In Senate Race, Which Is Bad News for Katie Porter and Barbara Lee A brand new poll shows a very definite top two in the upcoming top-two primary for Dianne Feinstein’s former Senate seat, with Adam Schiff well in the lead, but Republican Steve Garvey solidly in second place, which is trouble for Katie Porter and Barbara Lee.
SF Politics New Crypto Bro PAC Spending Millions on Ads to Defeat Katie Porter in California Senate Race Whatever remaining cryptocurrency moguls who are not looking at prison time have coalesced around a common enemy in Senate candidate Katie Porter, as money from Ron Conway and Andreessen Horowitz just bought $2 million worth of attack ads against her.
SF Politics Debate for Feinstein’s Senate Seat: Adam Schiff, Katie Porter and Barbara Lee Spar, Steve Garvey Wishy-Washes Monday night saw the first debate for Dianne Feinstein’s former Senate seat, where Katie Porter and Adam Schiff took center stage, while Barbara Lee fought to stay in the game, and Republican Steve Garvey stumbled in his attempts to not seem like he was a Republican.
SF Politics Adam Schiff Edging Out Katie Porter for the Former Feinstein Senate Seat, But ‘Undecided’ is Crushing the Field Rep. Adam Schiff has a slight 16%-13% lead over Rep. Katie Porter in the Senate election that’s still nearly a year away, but the bigger news may be that nearly 40% of California voters are still totally undecided on the race.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Katie Porter Does a Quick Tour of the Mission Senate candidate Katie Porter did a merchant walk in the Mission District Tuesday; 30-year-old Cafe International in the Lower Haight is temporarily closed due to neighborhood crime; and Beyonce was in fact made honorary mayor of Santa Clara.
