Posted on 10/08/2025 8:10:41 PM PDT by Rummyfan
The 2026 California gubernatorial race is afoot, as Golden State Democrats vie to replace Gavin Newsom. (Newsom is technically vacating the position after 2026, but departed in spirit long ago for a presidential campaign.) Back when conventional wisdom held — erroneously, I suspect — that the position was Kamala Harris’s for the taking, former Orange County congresswoman Katie Porter pipped the field by announcing her candidacy in March 2025.
That early start paid off for Porter, who currently leads a divided primary field also populated by former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis, former Los Angeles Mayor Tony Villaraigosa, Fox News commentator Steve Hilton — a Republican — and six other guys you’ve never heard of. (California has used a “jungle primary” system since 2012, meaning that the top two vote-getters in June advance to the November ballot regardless of party.) Her lead is not commanding, however, and is due primarily to name recognition as a former congresswoman from the populous Los Angeles suburbs.
Well, Porter’s name recognition is about to spike even higher with California voters, but for reasons she would desperately not prefer. Near the end of September, Porter sat down with CBS News’s California-based correspondent Julie Watts for a candidate interview — part of a series of them CBS is conducting with all the contenders — and the video aired only last night. Now California voters know a lot more about Porter, because she melted down in spectacular fashion on camera and terminated the interview abruptly.
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What does that mean?
An exhaustive search of my Oxford Unabridged yielded no meaningful answer.
Regards,
Porker...won’t appeal to the muzzies.
“Katie Portly”
Broderick Crawford’s doppelganger... 🫥
Fat Pig couldn’t answer a simple question....how could she possible SOLVE A PROBLEM?????
BULLCRAP.
Boy, you’re old. :)
I wish. Please, prove me wrong.
Election Day.
I’ve actually personally talked to Steve Hilton. Really sorry, but he won’t be elected in California. I really wish I was wrong about that. He’s a really smart and good guy. I just know California because I’ve lived here my whole life. This isn’t Ronald Reagan’s California anymore.
I’ll wait for the election, thank you. Will you VOTE for him.....NO, you won’t. PROVE ME WRONG!
I like Steve a lot but I’d rather have Republican Chad Bianco who’s also announced he’s running.
“What does that mean?”
Misspelled pimped.
Broderick Crawford’s doppelganger... 🫥
Except without the charm.
I guess we can blame the formally conservative Orange County for hoisting this feral hog on us normal Californians. They voted her to Congress.
“foisting”
he 50’ woman had a bod you wouldn’t cheat on.
My thoughts exactly...
Right click on "pipped" and choose LOOK UP, and I get:
1... cracked open a shell, as in a baby bird hatching.
2... defeated by a small margin.
She cracked into the field, I guess.
Hahahahah. Precisely! "10-4".
Never, ever use the phrase "Inside of Katie Porter" again.
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