Katie Porter

Well, look, the ballot is set.

We have 62 people on the ballot.

62.

And I just want to remind everyone, that's not totally uncommon for California for governor's races.

When Newsom ran in 18, there were dozens and dozens of people on the ballot then, too.

There's always the person whose name is like IP Freely, right, who has to be on the ballot.

I think everybody is starting to consolidate.

I think we see this typically happen right around the time ballots go out.

I think it is important for groups that are hosting events, whether it's a forum, whether it's a debate, don't platform people.

If you're concerned about this problem, if you're concerned that we're going to end up with too many Republicans, don't put the candidate with 1% on stage.

Like, let's act like grownups about this.

And so, but I also think that there's been a push to, and we saw this with Eric Swalwell,

there was a huge push that everyone but Eric should drop out.

Aren't we glad we didn't do that?

So I do think, you know, when we ran in 18, we had Newsom.

We had Villagrosa.

This is Villagrosa governor part two run.

We had Villagrosa.

We had John Chung.

And we had a lesser polling candidate, Delaney Easton.