US EditionPublished • loading... • Updated
Dan Walters | The Clock Is Ticking for Those Hoping to Be California’s Next Governor
Multiple candidates are competing for California governor with no clear frontrunner; one poll shows leading candidate Katie Porter with only 17% support, according to UC Berkeley.
- On June 2 the primary will determine the two finalists as Gavin Newsom, Governor’s term nears its end and California voters prepare for a new governor.
- For months voters and potential financiers waited for former Vice President Kamala Harris to decide after losing the presidency to Donald Trump, but her choice left the field unsettled for next year.
- After initial declarations, Gov. Eleni Kounalakis withdrew shortly after Harris announced, while Katie Porter became the default frontrunner with 17% in a UC Berkeley IGS poll.
- Rick Caruso has not yet declared and could attract moderate support after switching from Republican to Democrat, while Xavier Becerra, Antonio Villaraigosa, and Alex Padilla remain in contention.
- Facing the winner are entrenched problems like homelessness, housing shortages, water supply uncertainty, economic stagnation and a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, while CalMatters covers the race statewide with more than 130 media partners.
Insights by Ground AI
11 Articles
11 Articles
The clock is ticking for those hoping to be California's next governor
Over the last half-century or so, California has had six elections for governor when the office was being vacated. Understandably, such incumbent-free elections to run the nation’s most populous and economically powerful state have drawn serious candidates, mostly holders of other high-profile offices who declared themselves as soon as decorum would allow. When, for example, Republican Ronald Reagan’s two terms as governor were ending in 1974, t…
·Sacramento, United States
Read Full ArticleCoverage Details
Total News Sources11
Leaning Left1Leaning Right0Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution75% Center
Bias Distribution
- 75% of the sources are Center
75% Center
L 25%
C 75%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
