cannot say this enough:

[jrconlin@mindof.jrconlin.com]

@haineux @blogdiva

Honestly? I'm not sure either.

I live in San Jose and Mahan is out. (Sorry, he kinda reeks of Tech Bro, and uses AI to write speeches, which, you know, is kind of a big part of the job)
Villaraigosa - See wikipedia (so, yeah, no)
Porter - Pro: Actually pays attention to things. Con: lots of enemies because of Pro.
Becerra - Pro: fairly successful in cases against the current administration, albeit with his staff embezzling $225K from him at one point. Con: ACAB, not sure what he's like without a clear opponent.
I honestly don't know much about Thurmond or Yee, which makes them appealing because they're boring.

I'm very much interested in other folk's opinions, though.

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

do the job of at least looking up their wikipedia pages, 3 articles for them, 3 articles against them and their website.

this is the bare minimum to get yourself educated about an election. shouldn’t take you more than a week (given there’s now 9 candidates left) .

ask in another week.

@haineux @jrconlin

[haineux@mastodon.social]

@blogdiva @jrconlin You're absolutely right. I'll give it a good look. Thanks.

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

question: wasn't villaraigosa with the woman who is now Bezos wife? i judge men by their currents and exes. that’s why Newsom was a NOPE before all the horrible fuckery i learned about him.

@jrconlin @haineux

[jrconlin@mindof.jrconlin.com]

@blogdiva @haineux

Huh, couldn't find anything about that. Did find where his divorce involved who got the Netflix account but, honestly, the Herbalife thing was were I kind started rolling my eyes.

[keithzg@fediverse.keithzg.ca]

@blogdiva @jrconlin @haineux Though if god forbid we get a Gavin vs Don Jr election it would make for a pretty hilariously personal aspect to the campaign

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

@jrconlin @haineux OMG i forgot about that.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@blogdiva

people:

#VOTE IN THE #PRIMARIES

"these #democrat #candidates in the general #election fucking suck"

yes, yes...

DID YOU VOTE IN THE FUCKING PRIMARIES?!?!?!

remember the lesson of #mamdani:

the establishment was against him

and how did we react?

did we moan and whine and not vote?

no

we showed up and we fucking voted

and what happened

mamdani won

learn. this. lesson.

VOTE

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

@benroyce yup

your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (@blogdiva@mastodon.social)

today's #AltTxt #AltText #yaddayadda isn’t about California but it is totally about the race for the job of #California governor. ❝ IMAGINE HAVING ENOUGH MONEY TO END WORLD HUNGER BUT INSTEAD YOU FOCUS ON ENDING DEMOCRACY SO YOUR TAXES WON'T GO UP. BILLIONAIRES ARE AN ABOMINATION ❞ so, remember, don't let the fascist-lite democrats throw the elections to the billionaires: 🗣 VOTE IN THE PRIMARIES don't let Steyer, Ellison, Bezos, Musk take control of California.

Mastodon (mastodon.social)

[drangnon@hachyderm.io]

@haineux you might also get good info from calmatters.org but I'm not sure about that for the gubernatorial race. I have in the past found their assessments really valuable for the legislative races @blogdiva @jrconlin

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

calmatters should be their first stop. it’s an excellent resource.

@draNgNon @haineux @jrconlin

[kevinashworth@mastodon.social]

@blogdiva His ads immediately let me know he’s trouble. Arrogant and egotistical. He will promote some stuff that I support, sure, but I will not support him. He strides noisily to the front of the room and demands attention, but the smart people, we see Steyer is just another power-hungry psychopath.

[lor@goingdark.social]

@blogdiva

steyer should take his money and buy media to protect it from the right wingers… but no… he does this shit.

[dingodog19@sfba.social]

@benroyce @blogdiva the other lesson was JUST GIVE US ALL RANKED CHOICE VOTING ALREADY

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@dingodog19 @blogdiva

caveat:

you have to show up and vote in those candidates that will give you that

[laukidh@infosec.exchange]

@jrconlin @haineux @blogdiva Porter got sunk by staff abuse allegations last year. https://www.newsweek.com/katie-porter-abuse-allegations-resurface-after-interview-outburst-10850086

[snow@teardrop.net]

@blogdiva
> she would veto this legislation.
I want to believe. Tell me more?

[decapitae@mastodon.social]

@blogdiva Do your homework - the fascists change costumes frequently

[haineux@mastodon.social]

@Laukidh @jrconlin @blogdiva She seems to be the most liberal in her positions, so I was for her, but the ship seems to be sunk. Alas.

[kathmandu@stranger.social]

@haineux @blogdiva @jrconlin

Ballotpedia can be a good place to start.

(ballotpedia.org)