<!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ --></p> <p>From <a href=""https://calmatters.org/author/jeanne-kuang/"" title=""Posts" by="" jeanne="" kuang="" class=""author" url="" fn="" rel=""author"">Jean Quang</a>Calmness</p> <p>This story was originally published by <a href=""https://calmatters.org/"">Calmatters</a>S <a href=""https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/"">Register</a> about their ballots.</p> <p>Former State legislator Ian Calderon joins the crowded competition in 2026 for California Governor, he said on Tuesday. </p> <p>The Water Democrat creates his candidacy as one of the “new generation of leadership”. He was 27 when he became the first millennium elected in the 2012 State Assembly. </p> <p>But he wasn’t even a newcomer – Calderon came from a number of politicians from Southeast Los Angeles County. His father, Charles Calderon, began the dynasty when he was elected as a meeting in 1982. Two of his uncle also served in the legislature – a federal prison for corruption. </p> <p>Ian Calderon left the meeting where in 2020 was the leader of the majority to focus on his young family and stepmother <a href=""https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/lisa-calderon-165426"">Lisa Calderon</a> Now it takes its place. But he has been <a href=""https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/12/california-politics-unused-campaign-cash/"">By bringing your time</a> to return.</p> <p>In a <a href=""https://x.com/IanCalderon/status/1970489858201448541"">Campaign video</a> This is greatly presenting his wife and children, he said, after leaving the office, he “lives in the real world, watching everyday life become more difficult for families like mine.” He pointed out the high costs of gas, care for children and homes, focusing especially to investment companies buying properties. </p> <p>“People governing our government? They are trying to use yesterday’s ideas to solve today’s problems and that doesn’t work,” he said. </p> <p>He joins a crowd of Democrats, Jockey, who deals with a wide -open race for the governor, including: a state warder of public instructions, Tony Thurmond, a former US Senate President Pro Tony Attaya, a former Katie Porter, a former secretary, Los Angers Mayor Antonio Villaragosa. </p> <p>Republicans Chad Bianko, Riverside County Sheriff, and commentator Steve Hilton is also running.</p> <p>The study in August showed that Porter was the presenter after former Vice President Kamala Harris decided not to run.</p> <p>This article was <a href=""https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/09/millennial-democrat-ian-calderon-announces-bid-for-california-governor/"">Originally Published on CalMatters</a> and was reissued under <a href=""https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Noderivatives</a> License.</p> <p> Copy HTML
