2018 California Gubernatorial Election Megathread

[smoltchanov]

I guess 2018 will be Newsom vs. Chiang in November thanks to our horrible jungle primary system.

Well,  i don't think that many California Democrats will be against such guaranteed choice. Just as most will be satisfied with this year Senate choice.. But in addition it gives a moderate votes some election leverage in this ultrapolarized times. Otherwise they wouldn't (essentially) have any reasonable choice in duel between left loonie Democrat and right crazy Republican...

[Kingpoleon]

I guess 2018 will be Newsom vs. Chiang in November thanks to our horrible jungle primary system.

Well,  i don't think that many California Democrats will be against such guaranteed choice. Just as most will be satisfied with this year Senate choice.. But in addition it gives a moderate votes some election leverage in this ultrapolarized times. Otherwise they wouldn't (essentially) have any reasonable choice in duel between left loonie Democrat and right crazy Republican...

smoltchanov, what do you think of Newsom?

[Heisenberg]

Darrell Issa might run.

That said, I think James Hahn might want the Attorney General position when/if Harris leaves. Other statewide offices up in 2018 include:

Lieutenant Governor: D: Todd Gloria, R: Steve Poizner
Secretary of State: D: Alex Padilla(Incumbent), R: Abel Maldonado, Dan Logue
State Controller: D: Betty Yee(Incumbent), R: Tony Strickland, David Evans
Attorney General: D: James Hahn, Carmen Trutanich, Ron Galperin R: Stephen Cooley, Anthony Adams
Treasurer: R: Meg Whitman, Robert Dutton D: José Hernandez, Jay Chen, Laura Richardson
Insurance Commissioner: D: Lee Rogers, Hector De La Torre, Joe Dunn R: Michael Villines, Elizabeth Emken

Kingpoleon, those are some good and interesting speculations. Also, since Harris is running for Senate, she'll leave the polls origin vacant if she wins. Hahn sounds like a likely appointee to replace Harris. Cooley came within 1 point of beating Harris in 2010. While he seems like a strong candidate, he still lost, in 2010, and an open seat. It'll be interesting to see who runs in 2018 for Lt. Gov and AG (the latter will probably have a new Dem incumbent since Harris will probably be Senator), as well as Treasurer and Insurance Comissioner. SOS and Controller will have Dem incumbents who will probably be reelected.

[Kingpoleon]

Hahn is a great guy alongside great politics. I think he's make a fine Attorney General, and he could probably run for Governor if he wants to.

[smoltchanov]

I guess 2018 will be Newsom vs. Chiang in November thanks to our horrible jungle primary system.

Well,  i don't think that many California Democrats will be against such guaranteed choice. Just as most will be satisfied with this year Senate choice.. But in addition it gives a moderate votes some election leverage in this ultrapolarized times. Otherwise they wouldn't (essentially) have any reasonable choice in duel between left loonie Democrat and right crazy Republican...

smoltchanov, what do you think of Newsom?

Likes publicity too much  for my tastes. Otherwise - acceptable)))

[Mike Thick]

Have I posted this already? If not, http://www.politics1.com/ca.htm . Very interesting.

[Heisenberg]

Have I posted this already? If not, http://www.politics1.com/ca.htm . Very interesting.

I like it. Are those lists of declared candidates? Or speculated candidates?

[Mike Thick]

Have I posted this already? If not, http://www.politics1.com/ca.htm . Very interesting.

I like it. Are those lists of declared candidates? Or speculated candidates?

Speculated and active (as shown in the key, bold indicates an active candidate).

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that, should he run, Kevin DeLeon is the favorite for LG, and that Dave Jones is the favorite for AG. To be fair, though, it's all up in the air at this point.

[Heisenberg]

Have I posted this already? If not, http://www.politics1.com/ca.htm . Very interesting.

I like it. Are those lists of declared candidates? Or speculated candidates?

Speculated and active (as shown in the key, bold indicates an active candidate).

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that, should he run, Kevin DeLeon is the favorite for LG, and that Dave Jones is the favorite for AG. To be fair, though, it's all up in the air at this point.

Thanks for explaining.  It'll be interesting to see how this goes.