Former Rep. Katie Porter, a Democrat, announced her bid for California’s 2026 gubernatorial race, saying she feels called to run “to hold Trump accountable.”
Porter is the most well-known candidate among half a dozen contenders, having recently lost the 2024 California Senate Democratic primary to Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA).
“I first ran for office to hold Trump accountable,” Porter said in her announcement posted on X. “I feel that same call to serve now to stop him from hurting Californians.”
Porter is centering her campaign on opposing President Donald Trump, a strategy she has employed since first running for Congress in 2018.
“As governor, I won’t ever back down when Trump hurts Californians, whether it’s holding up disaster relief, attacking our rights and our communities, or screwing over working families to benefit himself and his cronies,”…
