During her career, Atkins championed affordable housing, environmental protection, reproductive rights, and LGBTQ+ causes.

The former congresswoman is the most prominent candidate so far to start a campaign in the 2026 contest. But the race could ...

A year after losing her bid for Senate, Democratic former Rep. Katie Porter is running for governor of California.

Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, former California state Senate Leader Toni Atkins, state schools superintendent Tony Thurmond and the state's former comptroller, Betty Yee. Most if not all these contenders ...

Until very recently, the race looked to become the most canned and staid major California contest in decades: A former state Senate president in Toni Atkins of San Diego, a termed out state schools ...

What is Katie Porter's background? A consumer protection attorney, Porter was described as a “social media celebrity” by the ...

The California governor’s race isn’t waiting for former Vice President Kamala Harris to make up her mind whether she’s going ...

The list of candidates for California's next governor has grown with the addition of the former Democratic U.S. House member.

The BriefFormer Democratic U.S. House member Katie Porter announced her candidacy for California governor in 2026.Porter, who ...