The top-two primary means that despite Democrats’ voter registration advantage in the state, California could have an all-Republican governor’s race in November.

With less than a month to go until the California gubernatorial primary, candidates are hoping to land key endorsements from big political names.

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.

A law that was brought in under Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to give all candidates an equal chance at the ballot is now being contested. In California, the primaries — dubbed the “jungle primaries” — work in a way where the two candidates,

Xavier Becerra, Chad Bianco, Steve Hilton, Matt Mahan, Katie Porter, Tom Steyer, Tony Thurmond, and Antonio Villaraigosa—have appeared in televised debates in the past few months and weeks.

Voting’s already underway and the debate is the last before primary votes are tallied the evening of Election Day June 2.

As Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to leave Sacramento after serving his second and final term, more than 60 people have made it to the 2026 primary election ballot, hoping to become the next governor of California.

Five major candidates, including state Treasurer Fiona Ma and former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, are competing for the notoriously anticlimactic gig of lieutenant governor.

A growing number of California Democrats are embracing an unusual election strategy ahead of the state’s crowded gubernatorial primary: waiting until the final possible moment to cast their ballots. The tactic is being fueled by anxiety within left-wing circles over the state’s open primary system,