SANTA BARBARA, California — San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan on Thursday launched his campaign for the 2026 California governor’s race, making him the latest Democratic candidate looking to fill Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) seat in Sacramento.
Mahan announced his late bid less than five months before the primary, joining a crowded Democratic primary that has yet to produce a front-runner. The rough tally in the wide-open governor’s race now stands at more than a dozen Democratic candidates and a handful of Republicans.
“I’m running to bring focus back to government,” Mahan said in an X post. “To give cities the tools they need to succeed. To show that the best resistance to division is results. And to prove that California can work again — for everyone. That’s why I’m
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