Katie Porter launches bid for California governor ‘to hold Trump accountable’

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Former Rep. Katie Porter, a Democrat, announced her bid for California’s 2026 gubernatorial race, saying she feels called to run “to hold Trump accountable.”

Porter is the most well-known candidate among half a dozen contenders, having recently lost the 2024 California Senate Democratic primary to Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA).

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