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The former representative of the County of Orange, Katie Porter, is the last politician joining the competitive race in 2026 for the Governor of California. All eyes are on the old vice-president Kamala Harris.
Katie Porter, the former member of the Democratic Congress of the County Orange who became a progressive star with his vigorous interrogations during the audiences of the Committee, presents himself to the post of Governor of California.
After months by referring to that she would run, Porter officially launched her governor campaign in 2026 today with a video published on social networks in which she praises her independence from the interests of companies and the president of Lambasts, Donald Trump.
“I first introduced myself to his duties to hold Trump responsible. I feel the same call to serve now to prevent him from injuring the Californians, “said wearing in the video. “As governor, I will never back up when Trump wounds the Californians – that he has aid in the event of a disaster, to attack our rights or our communities, or to kiss on families who work for the benefit of himself and his friends.”
Her announcement follows a year after her unsuccessful offer for the American Senate. This race ended acrimoniously when Porter, which finished a third far from the primary, called the election “faked by billionaires”, for which it received huge criticisms.
But the national exhibition helped make him an immediate favorite to replace the governor of Gavin Newsom, qualified.
Several independent election Since last fall, bring with a clear advance on the other candidates for the post of governor announced and expected. She also starts with Over $ 1.4 million Left of his Senate campaign – although the Governor’s race can finally require tens of millions of dollars in fundraising.
Porter, which overturned a republican seat in 2018, left the congress in January after three terms and returned to teaching at the IRVine School of Law.
Porter aims to protect Trump Californians
Although it boasts “fresh blood and new ideas”, its platform has so far been light on details. In its campaign launch video, Porter mentions the protection of abortion rights, LGBTQ rights and immigrant communities and never leaving “major banks, high pharmaceutical speeds or people with the vision of oil”.
“I have never been motivated by one thing: to improve the life of Californians,” she said. “And I’m going to go aside with anyone who tries to injure the Californians. Because this is what it means to have the courage to solve our most difficult problems. »»
Its emphasis on the ideological and political clashes in progress between California and the federal government could position bringing as the main anti-top voice of the State while Newsom rather tries to arouse the favor of the president for Secure federal aid in the event of a disaster for devastating fires in January in Los Angeles. Less than a third of adults Trumper in strongly democratic California.
Which could strengthen carry in a Crowded race where the main democratic candidates – Lieutenant -Governor Eleni Kounalakis, the former mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, the former president of the Senate of the Pro Toni Atkins State, the Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and the former Betty Yee controller – were mainly based on their personal biographies and their messages on affordability.
The Attorney General Rob Bonta, who has already continued the new Trump administration More than half a dozen times, recently announced that he would give up a race for the governor and re-election.
Applicants are waiting for Harris’s decision
But the possibility that the former vice-president Kamala Harris, who lost against Trump in November, could still enter the field largely. Politico reported last week That Harris plans to decide this summer if she will present herself to the post of governor – a decision that would probably require other candidates out of the race due to her advantages in fundraising and name identification.
The primary of governor in June 2026 is an election open from which the two main candidates will move to a runoff, whatever their affiliation. The sheriff of the county of Riverside, Chad Bianco, Republican, and moderate democrat Stephen Cloobeck, the founder of a multi -ownership company, are among the other candidates announced.