Gary Kidgell

Gary Kidgell

Democratic Party

Candidate, Governor of California

Elections and appointments

Next election

June 2, 2026

Gary Kidgell (Democratic Party) is running for election for Governor of California. Kidgell is on the ballot in the primary on June 2, 2026.^[source]

Elections

2026

See also: California gubernatorial election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on June 2, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Nonpartisan primary

Nonpartisan primary election for Governor of California

The following candidates are running in the primary for Governor of California on June 2, 2026.

		Candidate
		Akinyemi Agbede (D)
		Mohammad Arif (D)
	Submit photo	Larry D. Azevedo (D)
		Xavier Becerra (D)
	Submit photo	Carolina Buhler (D)
	Submit photo	Louis De Barraicua (D)
	Submit photo	Sophia Edum-a-Sam (D)
		Derek Grasty (D)
		Joel Jacob (D)
	Submit photo	Gary Kidgell (D)
	Submit photo	Matthew Levy (D)
		Matt Mahan (D)
	Submit photo	Thunder Parley (D)
		Katie Porter (D)
		Raji Rab (D)
	Submit photo	Satish Rao (D)
	Submit photo	Barack Shaw (D)
	Submit photo	Scott Shields (D)
		Thomas Steyer (D)
		Eric Swalwell (D)
		Tony Thurmond (D)
		Antonio Villaraigosa (D)
		Betty Yee (D)
	Submit photo	Erin Zezulak (D)
	Submit photo	James Athans Jr. (R)
		Chad Bianco (R)
	Submit photo	Patricia De Luca Basualdo (R)
	Submit photo	Randeep Dhillon (R)
	Submit photo	Rafael Hernandez (R)
		Steve Hilton (R)
	Submit photo	Alicia Lapp (R)
	Submit photo	Leo Naranjo IV (R)
	Submit photo	Tim Nelson (R)
	Submit photo	Gretha Solórzano (R)
		Leo Zacky (R)
	Submit photo	David Zickefoose (R)
		Tom Woodard (L)
	Submit photo	Naomi Bar-Lev (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Joseph Cabrera (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Elaine Culotti (No party preference)
	Submit photo	LivingForGod DeMott (No party preference)
		Serge Fiankan (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Lukasz Filinski (No party preference)
		Max Fomin (No party preference)
		Don Grundmann (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Jon Henderson (No party preference)
		Lewis Herms (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Dawit Kellel (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Anne Komarovsk (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Duane Loynes Jr. (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Amanda Martin (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Brent Maupin (No party preference)
		Daniel Mercuri (No party preference)
		Mauro Orozco (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Reza Safarnejad (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Sam Sandak (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Christine Sarmiento (No party preference)
		Frederic Schultz (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Margaret Trowe (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Nancy Young (No party preference)
		Ramsey Robinson (Peace and Freedom Party)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ethan Agarwal (D)
• Toni Atkins (D)
• Ian Charles Calderon (D)
• Sebastian de Warren (D)
• Eleni Kounalakis (D)
• George Slivka (D)
• Michael Younger (D)
• Ché Ahn (R)
• Dylan Colbert (R)
• Sharifah Hardie (R)
• Brandon Jones (R)
• Kyle Langford (R)
• Jon Slavet (R)
• Ebony Taylor (R)
• Butch Ware (G)
• Nicholas Thompson (L)
• Jesse Alberti (No party preference)
• Javen Allen (No party preference)
• Tony Fitzpatrick (No party preference)
• Leonard Jackson (No party preference)
• Liam Keel (No party preference)
• Belinda Yung (No party preference)

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