Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) announced he will not run for governor next year as voters back in his home state went to the polls on Tuesday to weigh in on mid-decade redistricting.
“I want to begin by saying, I love California,” he said at a news conference in Washington. Standing alongside his wife, he called California “our home” and lauded its universities and clean-energy ambitions as he expressed appreciation for “Californians’ resilience.”
He then made his announcement. “It is with a full heart, and even more commitment than ever, that I am choosing to not run for governor of California next year,” Padilla said. “I choose not just to stay in the Senate. I choose to stay in this fight.” He added that “the Constitution is worth fighting for,” along with “our fundamental rights,” “our core values,” and “the American dream.”…
Padilla Rules Out California Governor Bid, Says He’ll ‘Stay in This Fight’ in Senate
