Posted on 01/18/2026 2:12:23 PM PST by Libloather
Lefty California Rep. Eric Swalwell isn’t qualified to run for governor of the Golden State — because he doesn’t officially live there, according to a bombshell new court claim.
Right-wing pundit and filmmaker Joel Gilbert said in a court complaint filed in Sacramento that Swalwell, considered the likely successor to Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom, actually lives in Washington, DC, and is prohibited from running for the top state office under California law.
“Public records searches reveal no current ownership or leasehold interest held by Eric Swalwell in California, nor any history of any ownership of leasehold interest based on available public records,” said the petition filed by Gilbert on Jan. 8.
“Swalwell’s congressional financial disclosers from 2011 to 2024 list no California real estate ownership.”
Gilbert said in the filing that the California address Swalwell claimed in a campaign filing Dec. 4 is actually the office of the congressman’s lawyer and not a residence.
According to Article V, section II, of the California constitution, “The governor shall be an elector who has been a citizen of the United States and a resident of this state for 5 years immediately preceding the governor’s election,” the filing said.
Gilbert said that because of his findings, he wants Swalwell, a vocal critic of President Trump, to be knocked off the ballot.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
A Democrat judge will let this slide.
Silly. The rando Newsom appointed to fill out Feinstein’s term was a resident of Maryland
Touché.
Gilbert is a bull dog about his facts. He is an excellent investigator. He is fearless.
I challenge anyone to name a RAT politician serving in an elected office anywhere in the country who isn’t a piece of shit.
A court filing and a CA court ruling against a Dem, are two very different things...
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