Katie Porter , who rose to prominence during her three terms in Congress by grilling powerful business leaders — often with the help of a whiteboard — will run for California governor in 2026, she announced Tuesday in a video posted to X .
“I first ran for office to hold Trump accountable. I feel that same call to serve now to stop him from hurting Californians,” Porter said in the video. “In Congress, I held the Trump administration’s feet to the fire when they hurt Americans. As governor, I won’t ever back down when Trump hurts Californians — whether he’s holding up disaster relief, attacking our rights or our communities or screwing over working families to benefit himself and his cronies.”
But there is a twist: Porter likely won’t run if former Vice President Kamala Harris does, according to a campaign source who asked not to be identified so they could speak freely about her plans. Harris plans to decide whether to run by the end of the summer, Politico reported last week…