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potential articles

 * Draft:Rhodesia Ransom
 * Draft:Sasha Renée Pérez
 * Draft:Maggy Krell
 * Draft:Anamarie Avila Farias
 * Draft:Ken Weir
 * Draft:Joey Acuña
 * Draft:John Harabedian
 * Draft:Celeste Rodriguez
 * Draft:Nick Schultz (politician)
 * Draft:Michelle Rodriguez (politician)
 * Draft:Jose Solache

Governor
Incumbent Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is term-limited and can not run for re-election. Newsom was re-elected elected in 2022 with 59.2% of the vote.

Candidates

 * Toni Atkins
 * Eleni Kounalakis
 * Tony Thurmond
 * Betty Yee

Potential

 * Rob Bonta

Lieutenant governor
Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis is running for Governor. She was re-elected in 2018 with 59.7% of the vote.

Declared

 * Fiona Ma

Secretary of state
Incumbent Democratic secretary of state Shirley Weber was appointed in 2021 after her predecessor Alex Padilla resigned to become a U.S. senator. She intended to run for election to a full term. Padilla was re-elected in 2018 with 64.5% of the vote.

Treasurer
Incumbent Democratic treasurer Fiona Ma ran for re-election. She was first elected in 2018 with 64.1% of the vote.

Potential

 * Anthony Rendon
 * Libby Schaaf

Controller
Incumbent Democratic controller Betty Yee was term-limited and cannot run for re-election. She had been re-elected in 2018 with 65.5% of the vote.

Insurance Commissioner
Incumbent Democratic Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ran for re-election. He was first elected in 2018 with 52.9% of the vote.

Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent Democratic Superintendent Tony Thurmond ran for re-election. He was first elected in 2018 with 50.9% of the vote.