2026 California gubernatorial election
- Steve Hilton Republican
political commentator and former adviser to UK prime minister David Cameron (2010–2012)
- Xavier Becerra Democrat
former U.S. secretary of health and human services (2021–2025) and attorney general of California (2017–2021)
Primaries
Democratic primary
former U.S. secretary of health and human services (2021–2025) and attorney general of California (2017–2021)
mathematician and educator
former mayor of Los Angeles (2005–2013), former speaker of the California State Assembly (1998–2000), and candidate for governor in 2018
business owner
UCLA student
Mount Pleasant Elementary School District trustee (2024–present)
consultant
building consultant
(write-in)
business owner
(write-in)
former U.S. representative from (2019–2025) and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2024
businessman
teacher and business owner
mayor of San Jose (2023–present)
physicist
immigrants organizer
pilot and perennial candidate
UC Berkeley professor
executive director
a-Sam, project manager
software engineer
environmental activist, founder of Farallon Capital and candidate for president in 2020
superintendent of public instruction of California (2019–present)
Republican primary
political commentator and former adviser to UK prime minister David Cameron (2010–2012)
Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner (2019–present)
pastor (write-in)
real estate investor
retired nuclear engineer
real estate agent
veteran
vice president of Zacky Farms and candidate for governor in 2021 and 2022
real estate broker
businessman
businessman and farmer
diplomat
Green primary
associate professor and nominee for vice president in 2024 (write-in)
Primary election
Katie Porter 4.4%
Matt Mahan 3.5%
Antonio Villaraigosa 1.1%