California's 2026 gubernatorial primary features Democrats Katie Porter, Xavier Becerra, Tony Thurmond and Antonio Villaraigosa after Harris opts out of the race.

With Kamala Harris officially forgoing a possible gubernatorial run, next year’s election for California governor is ...

A large field of candidates is vying to replace Gov. Newsom, but few have statewide name recognition. There are no safe bets.

Early ad buys in key battleground states take Democratic candidates to task for support of boys in girls sports and ...

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she is working at the national level to support sex changes for transgender children.

BREAKING OVERNIGHT — Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis has dropped out of the race for California governor, as Dustin reported ...

Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis says she'll instead seek to become state treasurer in 2026. Kounalakis was trailing in a fielded ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis will drop out of the race for California governor, she announced Friday, exiting a ...

Former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris will each try to tell their side of the 2024 campaign story in forthcoming books. The question is whether they ...

Kamala Harris’ penchant for strings of abstruse verbiage — popularly known as word salads — was one of several reasons her ...

Are we starting to see the hardball attitude that many frustrated Democrats have been urging their national party to adopt?