2026 Governor Elections in California

Incumbent

Democratic Incumbent

Term Limited

Election stage

General Election

Running 2

Republican

Running

$1,551,112.10

Democratic

Running

Primary Election

Won 2

Republican

Won (2,277,318) 25.11%

$1,551,112.10

Democratic

Won (2,591,857) 27.67%

Running 44

Republican

Declared

$159,688.11

Green Party

Declared

Republican

Running (2,256) 0.03%

Declared

Declared

Amanda S Martin-behrendtsen

Declared

Antonio Salguero

Libertarian

Declared

Brandon L. Stebbins

Republican

Declared

Republican

Declared

Republican

Declared

David A. Collenberg

Republican

Declared

Douglas Nelson Ii

Republican

Declared

Declared

George Roland Slivka

Democratic

Declared

Gregory K. Albaugh

Republican

Declared

Heather N. Cohen

Republican

Declared

Republican

Declared

Declared

Declared

Democratic

Declared

Joshua D. Brown

Declared

Declared

Declared

Republican

Declared

Lorenzo V. Hernandez

Republican

Declared

MARK ANTHONY ILES

Republican

Declared

Michael R. Huizar

Republican

Declared

Democratic

Declared

Patrick M. Rakus Jr.

Republican

Declared

Democratic

Declared

Ronald A. Anderson

Republican

Declared

Rudolph "Butch" T Ware

Declared

Republican

Declared

Declared

Sebastian Patrick De Warren

Democratic

Declared

Sharifah Hardie

Republican

Declared

Republican

Declared

Democratic

Declared

Stephanie M. Giuffre

Declared

Timothy E. Kruppe

Republican

Declared

Declared

William Derek Grasty

Democratic

Declared

Zachary S Vogel

Declared

Zoltan Istvan Gyurko

Democratic

Declared

Lost 58

Antonio Villaraigosa

Democratic

Lost (104,107) 1.20%

$3,131,903.86

Democratic

Lost (403,908) 4.41%

$3,016,042.74

Democratic

Lost (35,354) 0.45%

$1,823,170.77

Democratic

Lost (63,762) 0.69%

$1,399,972.19

Republican

Lost (941,708) 10.26%

Republican

Lost (14,708) 0.16%

Reza Safarnejad

Lost (1,884) 0.02%

Democratic

Lost (2,110,707) 22.35%

Akinyemi O. Agbede

Democratic

Lost (3,037) 0.03%

Republican

Lost (5,370) 0.06%

Lost (4,504) 0.06%

Lost (1,436) 0.02%

Democratic

Lost (16,716) 0.18%

Lost (2,752) 0.03%

Carolina Buhler

Democratic

Lost (15,013) 0.16%

Christine Sarmiento

Lost (5,022) 0.06%

David Zickefoose

Republican

Lost (5,882) 0.06%

Lost (1,249) 0.02%

Democratic

Lost (4,994) 0.05%

Lost (1,703) 0.02%

Duane Loynes Jr.

Lost (1,581) 0.02%

Lost (3,788) 0.05%

Democratic

Lost (25,230) 0.32%

Democratic

Lost (9,251) 0.10%

Frederic Schultz

Lost (4,651) 0.06%

Democratic

Lost (2,415) 0.03%

Gretha Solorzano

Republican

Lost (12,563) 0.14%

Republican

Lost (6,633) 0.07%

Democratic

Lost (2,350) 0.03%

Lost (4,742) 0.06%

Lost (5,194) 0.07%

Larry D Azevedo

Democratic

Lost (4,675) 0.05%

Republican

Lost (8,099) 0.09%

Lewis Norman Herms

Lost (2,479) 0.03%

LivingForGod DeMott

Lost (1,882) 0.02%

Louis Barraicua

Democratic

Lost (8,851) 0.10%

Lukasz Filinski

Lost (455) 0.01%

Lost (2,009) 0.03%

Democratic

Lost (327,537) 3.71%

Democratic

Lost (11,059) 0.12%

Lost (3,784) 0.05%

Lost (740) 0.01%

Democratic

Lost (8,458) 0.09%

Lost (6,287) 0.08%

Lost (2,365) 0.03%

Patricia Basualdo

Republican

Lost (4,064) 0.04%

Rafael M. Hernandez

Republican

Lost (5,223) 0.06%

Democratic

Lost (3,606) 0.04%

Ramsey Robinson

Lost (41,300) 0.52%

Randeep S Dhillon

Republican

Lost (21,937) 0.24%

Lost (1,119) 0.01%

Democratic

Lost (5,668) 0.06%

Scott P. Shields

Lost (5,043) 0.05%

Lost (423) 0.01%

Sophia Edum-a-Sam

Democratic

Lost (3,550) 0.04%

Democratic

Lost (2,320) 0.03%

Republican

Lost (23,712) 0.26%

Libertarian

Lost (8,050) 0.10%

Withdrawn 24

Eleni Kounalakis

Democratic

Withdrawn

$5,854,863.33

Democratic

Withdrawn

$5,434,934.76

Stephen J. Cloobeck

Democratic

Withdrawn

$3,545,860.09

Republican

Withdrawn

$11,586.08

Kevin Faulconer

Republican

Declined

Declined

Declined

Declined

Declined

Ethan A. Agarwal

Democratic

Withdrawn

Withdrawn

Democratic

Withdrawn

Withdrawn

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Democratic

Declined

Republican

Withdrawn

Laphonza Butler

Declined

Declined

Michael Younger

Democratic

Withdrawn

Nicole Shanahan

Declined

Richard Grenell

Declined

Declined

Declined

Republican

Withdrawn

Democratic

Withdrawn

Other 8

Intent Unknown

$42,355.00

BRANDON R. JONES

Republican

Intent Unknown

Republican

Intent Unknown

David B. Thelen

Intent Unknown

Intent Unknown

Republican

Intent Unknown

Leonard Jackson

Intent Unknown

Nicholas A. Thompson

Libertarian

Intent Unknown

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