Katie Porter

Bay Area representative Ro Khanna (D-Santa Clara) joined Senator Sanders to ramp up support for Proposition 40 or the so called "Billionaire's Tax."

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

But the initial reaction to the news underscored Becerra’s damned-either-way bind in this corruption case

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

Trump transportation chief faces call for probe into his new reality show CNN

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

California's Homekey program aimed to convert motels into housing for the homeless

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

The video, which was obtained by Politico and dated to 2021, showed Porter speaking with the former energy secretary Jennifer Granholm on a call when a staff member stepped into the background

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

San Jose mayor also joins debate stage with 5% support

A new California poll shows billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer gaining modest ground in the state’s crowded race for governor ahead of the June primary that will narrow the field to two contenders

Steyer has emerged as the favorite in the race after Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell dropped out on Sunday and announced he would be resigning from Congress after sexual misconduct allegations

One of the sleepiest governor’s races in recent California history has turned into a mad scramble after the sudden departure of Eric Swalwell amid sexual assault allegations

California Democrats are bringing their dysfunction to prominent national attention

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

But during the state Democratic Party convention in late February, she posted a social media video vowing to fight for universal health care

Eric Swalwell is furiously denying online sexual misconduct claims with female staffers as a 'MAGA conspiracy' theory

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

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

Eric Swalwell will remain in the race for California governor after a judge dismissed efforts to boot him from the ballot over claims he doesn't live in the Golden State

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

His fellow polling front-runners, Tom Steyer and Katie Porter, were both outperformed by Betty Yee and Xavier Becerra, candidates who are lagging in polls but have longstanding relationships within the party

His fellow polling front-runners, Tom Steyer and Katie Porter, were both outperformed by Betty Yee and Xavier Becerra, candidates who are lagging in polls but have longstanding relationships within the party

Katie Porter, one of the Democratic candidates eyeing the Golden State governorship, held up a message that read "F--- TRUMP" during the California Democratic Party's 2026 state convention on Saturday

The race for governor in California is a highly anticipated election as it could potentially show public sentiment for Democrats and Republicans nationwide ahead of midterms

The 43-year-old moderate Democrat announced his 2026 run on Thursday ahead of the primary in June

But the tax proposal is suddenly dominating the discourse as proponents collect signatures to place it on the November ballot — and wealthy residents, like Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, move their assets out of the state rather than wait to see if it will pass