The leading contenders in the race for California governor gathered for a debate Thursday for the sixth and final time before votes are counted.
The leading contenders in the race for California governor gathered for a debate Thursday for the sixth and final time before votes are counted. The televised debate took place in San Francisco where the seven candidates tried to win over undecided voters before the June 2 primary.
This comes as mail voting is already underway. The candidates held nothing back Thursday night in an all-out fight to become one of the top two moving on to the November election. Katie Porter, Chad Bianco, Antonio Villaraigosa, Xavier Becerra, Matt Mahan, Steve Hilton and Tom Steyer at a debate hosted by CBS Bay Area and San Francisco Examiner, May 14, 2026Democrat Katie Porter kicked off the debate asking Californians to pick a candidate they trust.
"When you fill out your ballot, I want you to think of one word; trust. Who can you trust to fight for your family and look out for your best interests?
" For over an hour, the top seven contenders vowed to tackle issues impacting the state. The first issue up for debate tonight was one many Californians struggle with: affordability.
"I am the person who will tax the billionaires, like me, and big corporations so we can afford to make the changes, so we can pay for health care, so we can pay for great education," said Democrat Tom Steyer. Fellow Democrat Matt Mahan fired back, saying that "the answer is to put more money into people's pockets, by bringing down costs. Steyer's structural change sounds more like socialism".
"We are in this position because every single person up here and the policy decisions and the policy directions that they have supported throughout their careers," Bianco said. "You're listening to 30 years of more tax, regulation and free stuff. And you think that the cost of living is going to go down? You think the cost of health insurance is going to go down?
That is why all of these costs are going up," he added. Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa reminded voters of his time as mayor for this topic.
"When I was Mayor of Los Angeles, I built more market rate, work force, affordable.in eight years, in the middle of a recession than in the 12 years before me""We need to build outwards, not just upwards with apartments shoved into suburban neighborhoods, do you know only 6 percent of our land is developed in California? "Former CA gubernatorial candidate Stephen Cloobeck arrested in WeHo in investigation involving modelArcadia mayor to plead guilty to promoting Chinese propaganda, DOJ announces
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