Katie Porter

I would say how just kind of demoralized people are about politics.

The biggest opponent in this race, and there's been a lot of speculation about who's going to win and who's winning and who's not winning.

Actually, the biggest opponent in this race has been apathy.

Until a couple of weeks ago, people would stop me and say like, you're running for governor.

You're great.

But like, I like Gavin.

And I would be like, hey, guess what?

I'm not running against Gavin.

Gavin's term limited.

Even now, I think people feel like they look toward politics.

What they often see is what's coming out of Washington.

And that is upsetting.

And so then they don't want to think about politics at all.

But from the standpoint of a Californian, this is a huge decision for our state.

And so one of the things I think that surprised me is having someone who's been in a swing district every two years, swing district.

Like voters statewide are not as tuned in to we need to make decisions.

It's OK to vet and choose among candidates.

And so I've been a little surprised in Orange County.

Everyone was like, I don't know.

It's you or the I'm not sure.