Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis – California Globe

Greenberg: Kamala Harris Decides Against Run for Governor in 2026

July 30, 2025 5:02 pmJuly 31, 2025 7:38 am

Today, former Vice President Kamala Harris announced she would not run for California governor next year, a decision that echoes Joe Biden’s 2015 choice to forego a presidential run in 2016, only to reverse course and win the presidency in...

From Sheriff to Governor: Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco Mulling Run

October 15, 2024 1:30 amOctober 15, 2024 1:31 am

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is reportedly thinking about the governor’s office. Bianco, a lifelong law enforcer, was first elected Riverside County’s sheriff in 2018 – he was re-elected to the job in 2022 with nearly two-thirds of the vote....

About Last Week…

January 22, 2024 6:36 amJanuary 22, 2024 6:36 am

So Toni Atkins announced her gubernatorial campaign last week. Outside her close circle of friends and the all-powerful Sacramento Blob – conveniently the same thing in her case – no one noticed. Sometimes candidates are no hopers, some run for...

Calif. Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis Calls Clarence Thomas a ‘Saudi Arabian father’

June 24, 2022 3:13 pmJanuary 27, 2023 9:08 am

California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis has developed a reputation for speaking out of school. Her remarks in November blaming President Joe Biden for putting Vice President Kamala Harris in the corner earned her a spanking from the White House. And...

EXCLUSIVE: Newsom Bolting for Costa Rica

March 30, 2022 2:55 pmJanuary 27, 2023 9:08 am

Well-traveled Governor Gavin Newsom, who made national headlines with a posh getaway to a Cabo San Lucas Villa in November, is heading south once again. As the Globe can exclusively report, the governor and his family will be heading to...

McClatchy Bankruptcy Backstories

February 19, 2020 2:34 amFebruary 20, 2020 2:17 pm

Last week the McClatchy newspaper chain filed for bankruptcy, ending family control of the nation’s second-largest news company. Writers for the chain’s flagship Sacramento Bee cited the $4.4 billion acquisition of the Knight-Ridder chain in 2006, and the woes of...

Gov. Newsom Names Lt. Governor Kounalakis as Representative on International Affairs and Trade

March 1, 2019 8:51 am

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Thursday naming Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis as the Governor’s representative for International Affairs and Trade Development interagency committee. Kounalakis is the former ambassador to Hungary under former President Barack Obama. “I am honored to work...