[lurk]

CA legislature has a collectivist super majority. An R governor will just be a speed bump.

[Wallace T.]

Several eastern states that are deep blue sometimes elect a moderate Republican as governor. While the likes of Chris Christie or Larry Hogan are not social conservatives, they do tend to curb economic overreach by Democrat-run legislatures. Both New Jersey and Maryland went back to Democrats in the governor's office after the RINO left.

The only way California, or Illinois, New York, and the other deep blue states can be cleaned up is if the Federal government can achieve the goals of making elections more honest, which President Trump is trying to achieve by executive order

[Republican Wildcat]

all right of center candidates should also just run as Democrats in California - render their “jungle primary” system into a non-partisan ballot.