Former reporter Katie Porter joins the brawl

Katie Porter, a former member of the Democratic Congress of Orange, who became a progressive star with her energetic interrogation during the commission’s hearing, is running as a governor of California.

After months of hint that he will run, Porter has officially launched her campaign for governors since 2026. Today with a video posted on social media, in which she has been independence from corporate interests and Lamast President Donald Trump.

“For the first time, I was running for an office to hold Trump responsible. I feel that the same call to serve now to stop hurting Californians, “Porter said in the video. “As a governor, I will never give up when Trump hurts Californians – whether he holds disaster relief, attacks his rights or our communities, or screwing up working families to take advantage of himself and his comrades.”

Her message follows only a year after her Failed offer for the US SenateS This race ended furiously when Porter, who ended a distant third in the main one, called the election “arranged by billionaires” for which she received a huge criticismS

But the national exhibition helped her turn an immediate championship to replace the named governor Gavin Newo.

Several independent polls From the last autumn show, Porter with a clear lead over other announced and expected candidates for governor. It also begins with More than $ 1.4 million Left from your Senate campaign – although the governor race may eventually require tens of millions of dollars.

Porter, who threw a republican position in 2018, left the Congress in January after three terms and returned to teach at the UC Irvine Law School.

Porter is intended to protect the Californians from Trump

Although she advertises “fresh blood and new ideas”, her platform is so light on the specifics. In his video to launch the campaign, Porter mentions that he defends abortion rights, LGBTQ rights and immigrant communities and never allows “big banks, large pharmaceutical or large oil screws”.

“I was only motivated by one thing: improving the life of Californians better,” she said. “And I will go to the fifth with anyone trying to hurt the Californians. Because it means having the courage to solve our most difficult problems. “

Her focus on the ongoing ideological and political clashes between California and the federal government can position Porter as a leading anti-Trump voice of the state as Safe Federal Help for Disasters for Devasting January Fires in Los Angeles. Less than one -third of adults Approve Trump in highly democratic California.

This can strengthen the porter in a A crowded race where the main democratic candidates – Summer.

Prosecutor General Rob Bonta who already has brought a case against the new Trump administration More than half a dozen times, it has recently announced that it will give up running for a governor and will seek re -election.

Applicants are waiting for Harris’s decision

But the possibility of former Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost to Trump in November, can still enter the field of size. Politico reported last week The fact that Harris plans to decide this summer whether she will run for a governor – a decision that is likely to force other candidates from the race because of its benefits in raising funds and the name identification number.

Governor’s primary first in June 2026, an election was opened, of which the first two candidates would move on to run, regardless of their party affiliation. Riverside Chad Bianko County Sheriff, Republican and Moderate Democrat Stephen Klubk, founder of a temporary use company, are among other announced candidates.