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Democrats of Napa Valley Meeting (in person)
Monday, May 18, 5:30-7pm Napa Women’s Club @ 218 Franklin Street, Napa
Program: Who will lead California? The California Governor’s race.
Note: At the April 20 Democrats of Napa Valley Meeting:
The Democrats of Napa Valley Club endorsed Xavier Becerra for Governor with 84% of the vote. Tom Steyer received 16% of the vote.
No candidate for CA Insurance Commissioner was endorsed since no one received 60% of the vote: Ben Allen 42%; Jane Kim 32%; Patrick Wolfe 26%.
There are 8 top candidates running for Governor of California – 6 Democrats (Becerra, Mahan, Porter, Steyer, Thurmond, Villaraigosa) and 2 Republicans (Hilton, Bianco). Remember, in California we have a “jungle primary” on June 2 (ballots mailed May 4) and the top 2 “vote getters”, regardless of party, will move forward to the November election.
We need to make sure that there is at least one Democratic candidate in the top two to keep California blue! Otherwise, a Republican governor will open the floodgates to Trump and his policies.
Here is the most current 2026 Primary for CA Governor poll results from the California Democratic Party which came out May 4 , 2026 (and this is their final poll):
Eric Swalwell (4/13/26) and Betty Yee (4/20/26) suspended Their Campaigns for CA Governor.
Here is the list of all 6 Democrats who will be on the ballot as a candidate for CA Governor (click on each candidate name below to find out more.):
- Xavier Becerra, Democrat, former U.S. Health and Human Services secretary and former California Attorney General
- Matt Mahan, Democrat, mayor of San Jose
- Katie Porter, Democrat, former U.S. representative representing Orange County
- Tom Steyer, Democrat, billionaire entrepreneur and former presidential candidate
- Tony Thurmond, Democrat, state superintendent of public instruction
- Antonio Villaraigosa, Democrat, former mayor of Los Angeles and former Assembly Speaker
- Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton are the 2 Republicans running.
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