Tom Steyer

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

Despite Democrats’ six-point advantage in the generic ballot over Republicans, per the RealClear Polling average, their favorability rating is nearly 20 points underwater

He just dropped $216 million on a failed bid for California governor

Steyer’s fervently progressive platform and enormous spending galvanized powerful industry opponents but couldn’t consolidate the left, even as he sought to harness populist energy and rage against the billionaire class

Former Fox News host Steve Hilton will face former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra in the November gubernatorial election

His opponent remains undecided between Republican Steve Hilton and billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer in the nonpartisan primary

The rankings could still change significantly, and residents may have to wait weeks to learn who will face off in November

Behind him are the two top Democratic candidates, former Biden official Xavier Becerra at 25% and billionaire Tom Steyer at 20%

It’s an awkward start for donors whose unprecedentedly expensive push this cycle was meant to be the beginning of Silicon Valley’s transformation into a durable electoral machine

California’s heavy reliance on mail-in voting and lengthy ballot verification process frequently delays definitive outcomes in tightly contested elections

Primary elections across six states on Tuesday night offered a glimpse into the evolving political landscape, with a premier U.S. Senate race taking shape in Iowa and a rare setback for President Trump’s endorsement record

And it’s one that’s tempered by the deluge of super PAC spending in several of these races: VoteVets, a group that works to elect Democratic veterans, dropped $11 million combined between Iowa and New Jersey

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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

Billionaire Tom Steyer’s bid to be California governor teeters toward defeat

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

Becerra’s position represents a significant departure from one of Newsom’s most ambitious policies during his tenure as governor

Alex Padilla, Democratic leaders began to panic over a nightmare scenario: so many Democrats splitting the vote that both leading Republicans, former Fox News host Steve Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, could advance from the top-two primary on June 2 — raising the once-unthinkable prospect of a GOP governor in deep-blue California

The Berkeley survey suggests the former Health secretary is edging out billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer ahead of Tuesday’s top-two primary

The former hedge fund executive, who built his fortune at Farallon Capital before pivoting to climate advocacy and Democratic politics, is running in the crowded 2026 race for California governor to succeed term‑limited Governor Gavin Newsom

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

The Public Policy Institute of California poll, conducted May 14-18, had a margin of error of +/- 3.2 percentage points

But even if she finishes far ahead of her competitors, she won’t stand alone on the podium

In Georgia, Republican healthcare executive Rick Jackson has spent about $83 million on advertising in his primary race for governor, which is headed for a June runoff, ranking him second

Speaking Monday, just days before the election, Mahan reflected on his motivations for running while honoring those who died in military service

And his focus will be on two issues that could shape the upcoming Democratic primary

Latino vendors, fixtures outside SoFi Stadium in Inglewood and other venues around the region, often sell merch and food after concerts and sporting events

After spending $192.4 million of his personal wealth on his bid to become California’s next governor, Steyer is among the leading contenders in the June 2 primary

Tom Steyer has built his campaign for governor of California around affordability — and taxing the uber-wealthy

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

Last month, Carlos Eduardo Espina, a progressive influencer, revealed a surprising endorsement to his 14.5 million followers on TikTok: He would support Tom Steyer, the billionaire running for California governor as a Democrat

Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, a Democratic front-runner in the governor’s race, faced a barrage of attacks during Thursday’s debate hours after his former campaign manager pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges

One of California’s most influential power brokers is expected to plead guilty to three felonies on Thursday in a corruption case that has reverberated through the State Capitol and spurred attacks on a Democratic front-runner in the volatile race for governor

It also helps Newsom ease his own political vulnerabilities ahead of a likely 2028 presidential run

A second former Biden official shared that view, describing Becerra as having been “absent” on Covid responses

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

Mr. Steyer did step down as the chief executive of Farallon Capital, one of the nation’s largest hedge fund firms, in 2012

Padilla has more bona fides than most of his Democratic colleagues when it comes to election law — he served six years as California’s secretary of state and is now the highest-ranking Democrat on the Senate Rules committee which oversees federal elections

Alex Padilla was in the Library of Congress with several dozen other senators when their phones all buzzed with the news of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act

And when it comes to fossil fuels, Becerra’s opponents clearly smell blood in the water

Alex Padilla was in the Library of Congress with several dozen other senators when their phones all buzzed with the news of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act

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