Katie Porter

Katie Porter is a candidate for California Gubernatorial Election Primary Election in 2026 in Statewide, California.

Law Professor in Irvine, CA

Also running: Jesse Alberti, James Jr., Christopher Bailey, Carolina Buhler, Jong Choi, Phillip Jr., Elaine Culotti, Sophia Edum-A-Sam, Serge Fiankan, Lewis Herms, Steve Hilton, Mark Iles, Tralaunie Jenkins, Duane Jr., Amanda Martin, Daniel Mercuri, Mauro Orozco, Carter Pope, Reza Safarnejad, Sam Sandak, Frederic Schultz, George Slivka, Nicholas Thompson, Margaret Trowe, Scott Vineberg, Butch Ware, David Zickefoose, Christine Sarmiento, Anne Komarovsk, Mohammad Arif, Gheorghe Teofil Golea, Carmenlina Minasyan, Ethan Penner, Akinyemi Agbede, Khaled Fattal, Max Fomin, Leo Zacky, Ramsey Robinson, Carla Rather, Antonio Villaraigosa, Ché Ahn, Joel Jacob, Raji Rab, Leonard Jackson, Larry Azevedo, Xavier Becerra, Louis A. De Barraicua, Derek Grasty, Joel E. Jacob, Gary Howard Kidgell, Matthew Chase Levy, Matt Mahan, Barack D. Obama Shaw, Thunder Parley, Satish Rao, Scott P Shields, Tom Steyer, Eric Swalwell, Tony K. Thurmond, Betty T. Yee, Erin "zez" Zezulak, Chad Bianco, Patricia De Luca Basualdo, Randeep S. Dhillon, Rafael M. Hernandez, Alicia Olivia Lapp, Leo Naranjo Iv, Tim Nelson, Gretha Solórzano, Tom Woodard, Naomi Bar-Lev, Joseph Cabrera, Livingforgod Andcountry Demott, Lukasz Adam Filinski, Don J. Grundmann, Jon Henderson, Dawit Kellel, Duane Terrence Loynes Jr., Brent Maupin, Mauro Alberto Orozco, Christine R. Sarmiento, Frederic C. Schultz, Nancy D. Young.

Katie Porter is a Democratic candidate for Governor of California in 2026. A former U.S. Representative, she represented California's 45th and 47th congressional districts from 2019 to 2025. During her tenure, she served as deputy chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and gained national attention for her sharp questioning of corporate executives during committee hearings. Porter holds a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She currently teaches at the UC Irvine School of Law.