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Former State Controller Betty Yee Officially Enters 2026 Gubernatorial Race

March 27, 2024 6:40 pmMarch 27, 2024 6:40 pm

Former State Controller Betty Yee announced Wednesday she will run for California Governor in 2026. A graduate of UC Berkeley and Golden Gate University, Yee began her career in the Legislature in a variety of positions before becoming then-Governor Gray...

Former Controller Betty Yee Announces 2026 Run For Governor

April 25, 2023 2:30 amApril 25, 2023 6:48 am

Former Controller of California and current California Democratic Party Vice Chairwoman Betty Yee announced her candidacy for Governor in 2026 on Monday, coming only a few hours after Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis announced her own run for the office. A...

No Other Democrat: The Potentially Fatal Flaw in Democrats’ Recall Strategy

June 8, 2021 6:23 amJune 8, 2021 3:54 pm

Earlier this year, prominent Democrats across California, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) have urged other Democrats not to enter the recall election, focusing entirely on the first part of the recall ballot keeping Governor Gavin Newsom in. To date,...

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Says That Disaffected People Began Recall, Not GOP in ‘Power Grab’

March 31, 2021 3:00 pmMarch 31, 2021 3:00 pm

Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger broke his silence about the impending recall election against Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, saying that it is not a GOP power grab, but rather a large number of disaffected people wanting Newsom out of...

House Speaker Pelosi Urges CA Democrats Not To Run In Recall Election

March 25, 2021 8:57 pmMarch 27, 2021 8:51 am

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) gave a press conference Thursday in which she lent her support to Governor Gavin Newsom in his impending recall election later this year and warned other California Democrats not to run to maintain...

1.2 Million Newsom Recall Petition Signatures Validated So Far

March 19, 2021 8:42 pmMarch 22, 2021 7:08 am

On Friday, a report released by the California Secretary of State revealed that the Recall Campaign against Governor Gavin Newsom has nearly 1.2 million confirmed signatures counted so far out of a total of roughly 1.45 million reviewed so far....

Recall Newsom Campaign Announces 2.06 Million Signatures Have Been Collected

March 12, 2021 2:14 amMarch 13, 2021 7:53 am

The Gavin Newsom Recall Campaign announced Thursday that it gathered 2,060,000 signatures, eclipsing a self-imposed goal of 2 million by the 10th. According to a press release by the Recall Gavin 2020 campaign, of the now 2 million-plus signatures, 1,...