California governor candidate saves more than $9 million from campaign funds

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KOUNALAKIS’ WAR CAPITAL EXCEEDS $9 MILLION

More than two years before the 2026 California gubernatorial election, the candidate and lieutenant governor… Eleni Kounalakis‘ campaign announced that more than $9 million is available.

According to her campaign, that includes raising $1.4 million in the first six months of 2024.

Since announcing her candidacy, Kounalakis has raised nearly $5.4 million, on top of the $4.4 million she has already put into her lieutenant governor campaign committee.

Although it is still early, Kounalakis has received messages of support from politicians as diverse as the former foreign minister Hillary Clintonformer senator from California. Barbara Boxerand sitting representatives. Doris Matsui, Mike Thompson And Jared Huffman.

This show of force comes as the field of candidates for governor of California continues to grow.

Former President of the Senate Pro Tem Toni AtkinsSuperintendent of Public Education Tony Thurmond and former State Controller Betty de Jong all on the Democratic side, with Attorney General Rob BontaU.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra and former mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa There are rumors that they are considering taking up running.

On the Republican side, a bid is underway to take over the position of sheriff of Riverside County. Chad White to run for the GOP ticket.

Sitting governor. Gavin Newsom his own term of office expires in 2026.

ANTI-RFK JR BILLBOARD GOES UP IN HOLLYWOOD

Fresh from a Vanity Fair piece claiming there is an independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was a sexual predator, the Democratic National Committee has caused a billboard to be placed in Hollywood displaying the allegations and RFK Jr.’s denial.

In an interview he said, “I’m not a church boy.”

The billboard was put up on Wednesday and remained up all day.

DNC Spokesperson Mat Corridoni issued a statement saying: “The shocking details revealed in the Vanity Fair story about RFK Jr. are devastating, but what is even more devastating is that RFK Jr. does not deny them. The only thing we know for sure about RFK Jr. is that he has a closet full of skeletons.”

According to a California Public Policy Institute survey published in June, chairman Joe Biden leads former president Donald Trump55-31 in California. Although the PPIC did not specifically poll RFK Jr., “someone else” scored 13% among likely voters.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Naturally.”

– California Governor Gavin Newsom reiterated during a press conference that he would not run for president against Vice President Kamala Harris if President Joe Biden declines to run for re-election.

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