Chad Bianco

The California Supreme Court shut down a right-wing sheriff’s efforts to seize and investigate ballots over debunked allegations of vote “discrepancies,” in a legal fight that has helped election officials prepare for any similar attempts during November election

The last time Democrats won an Iowa Senate election was 18 years ago, when incumbent Senator Tom Harkin beat his Republican opponent, Christopher Reed

Riverside county sheriff Chad Bianco in February seized approximately 650,000 ballots from a November 2025 special election on statewide congressional redistricting favorable to Democrats and pushed by Governor Gavin Newsom

The spot kicks off a statewide TV and digital campaign slated to run through Election Day

Jashanpreet Singh was sentenced on Tuesday after pleading guilty to three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter stemming from the October 2025 crash on Interstate 10 in Ontario, San Bernardino County

Xavier Becerra has not run on any major policy swerves (except for backing away from Newsom’s electric vehicle ambitions), but temperamentally, he’s 180 degrees from the incumbent

Former Fox News host Steve Hilton’s bid to become California governor has received a high-profile boost from President Donald Trump—but new data suggests the Republican candidate still faces a steep climb as voters head to the polls

Polls also have Becerra leading though they show a tighter race for second than betting odds would appear to suggest

Democrats outnumber Republicans in the state nearly two to one

The former reality star’s dark visions of Los Angeles are resonating in a heated mayoral race, even if they’re far from the truth

Unlike previous high-profile contests that saw figures like Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger or Democrat Jerry Brown dominate, this election has left many voters feeling uninspired

At one point earlier this year, public polling suggested Bianco had a legitimate path to the November runoff — with some surveys showing two Republicans potentially advancing in California's unusual top-two primary system

Among the other high-profile governor hopefuls are Riverside county sheriff Chad Bianco, former US representative Katie Porter and San Jose mayor Matt Mahan

The seven participants in Tuesday night’s California gubernatorial debate onstage at East Los Angeles College

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican, joined the stage with six other candidates Tuesday night to make a case for why he should be the next governor

Two decades have passed since California last elected a Republican governor, but GOP candidate Steve Hilton points to 6 million reasons why he believes it’s possible to do so again

To undercut his chief selling point — three decades in public service — his detractors on the left are surfacing complaints from his 24 years in Congress and his time as state attorney general and Biden Cabinet secretary

Gavin Newsom was among Democratic governors at an L.A. fundraiser Thursday expected to raise more than $1.5 million

Tom Steyer, atop the polls alongside him, didn’t score a viral moment either and had an inartful answer when pressed for details on his calls to tax fellow billionaires

The crowded race ‌to succeed Gavin Newsom as governor held its first marquee moment since one-time frontrunner Eric Swalwell abruptly exited the contest, with four ​Democrats and two Republicans sharing the stage

The California Republican Party declined to endorse a candidate in the 2026 governor's race at its spring convention over the weekend in San Diego, a setback for former Fox News host Steve Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco

Swalwell Suspends Governor Campaign After Sexual Assault Report

Swalwell had been among the leading Democrats vying to succeed outgoing California Governor Gavin Newsom—and one of the frontrunners in a crowded field whose collapse could have broader implications for the party's chances in November

A resurfaced endorsement from Kamala Harris calling Eric Swalwell ‘a great fighter’ has drawn renewed attention amid the recent sexual assault allegations against the California governor candidate

Before Trump weighed in, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco had, in the view of many Republican strategists and delegates, been closest to reaching the 60 percent margin needed for an endorsement

In the election in question, Californians voted overwhelmingly to approve new boundaries for congressional districts

He later became a Fox News host before launching his campaign for governor

Too many candidates for governor are fragmenting the party's electorate and could make a Republican the successor of Gavin Newsom

Bianco has spearheaded a lone wolf investigation for months into allegations that votes were unlawfully cast in last year’s election that resulted in the passage of Proposition 50

John D. Panicci, 59, of Lake Worth, was arrested on Saturday and charged with theft after the Palm Beach County elections office reported that sensitive computer equipment had been stolen from the office

California's 2026 gubernatorial race is shaping up to be highly competitive for Democrats, with new polling suggesting the party could fail to place a single candidate in the November general election despite its longtime dominance in the state

A debate in the California governor's race was canceled hours before it was set to take place after backlash to its all-white line up

California's 2026 gubernatorial race is shaping up to be highly competitive for Democrats, with new polling suggesting the party could fail to place a single candidate in the November general election despite its longtime dominance in the state

Pegasus was also added to the district’s list of schools on its website

And there are few people so mythologized that they are transformed from a flawed human to a symbol for an entire community

Bianco is one of two Republicans running for governor in a primary that includes more than half a dozen Democrats

California — the state with the largest population, the biggest economy and some of the country’s most powerful politicians — is electing a new governor this year

Fellow Republican Steve Hilton was ranked first within margin of error at 17%

The Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll, conducted March 9-15, has Republican commentator Steve Hilton at 17 percent and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco at 16 percent, while the leading Democratic candidates are scattered below them

The poll, conducted March 7-9 in partnership with Inside California Politics and Nexstar, surveyed 1,000 likely voters and carries a credibility interval of plus or minus 3 percentage points

California’s top-two primary system sends the two candidates who receive the most votes in the June primary, regardless of party, to the general election in November

Democrats have grown concerned that too many candidates for governor may split the primary vote and let two Republicans advance to the general election

Then state Attorney General Rob Bonta and billionaire mall magnate Rick Caruso declined

Former President Biden on Tuesday praised Minnesotans protesting federal immigration enforcement operations in the wake of two recent shootings

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is under fire for issuing misleading and incendiary information that claimed immigration agents killed an armed Minnesota protestor Saturday because he wanted to "massacre" them

Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly has been campaigning by holding town halls across the state for months

First Lady Melania Trump Calls for Unity When Asked About Minnesota Shootings