It’s ‘gut check time’ for the Republican candidates for California governor, if they want at least one of them to make it past the primary, one expert says.

The former Democratic congresswoman from Irvine, known nationally for grilling corporate executives over consumer issues with her whiteboard, lost a 2024 U.S. Senate bid to Adam Schiff. Porter has ...

California’s top-two primary makes unlikely outcomes possible — including a GOP advance in a crowded Democratic field. That risk is also its democratic strength. Mariel Garza is executive editor of ...