[T Ruth]

Ballotpedia has several different web pages on this election, and they show different lists of candidates. The following is the most comprehensive list of Republican candidates (but I don't know if this list is up-to-date on whether anyone has dropped out):

Mike Garcia (R)
Kenneth Jenks (R)
Stephen Knight (R)
David Lozano (R)
Daniel Mercuri (R)
George Papadopoulos (R)
Charles Patron (R)

I had thought that only Garcia and Knight are left. ??

[dadfly]

i just contributed to George. he’s the only choice if you want someone independently minded, a Trump supporter from the get go, and free from the awful influence of the failed and feckless ca gop. he’s in as of last week, hopefully to stay.

[Brilliant]

So in other words every republican in california is running for this office.