Padilla touches questions about a possible race for the governor

Sacramento – US senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) Wednesday ruled out the questions to find out if he could enter the Governor’s race in California in 2026, but refused to exclude the idea.

Padilla rather said that he was fully focused on promoting special elections in November, when voters are invited to redraw the California congress districts to counter the efforts of President Trump and other GOP leaders to keep the Republicans to control congress.

“I am concentrated and I encourage everyone to focus on this special election of November 4,” said Padilla during an interview at a political summit in Sacramento sponsored by Politico.

The 52 -year -old has added that the effort to redraw the districts of the Congress, defended by Governor Gavin Newsom in response to similar efforts in the states directed by the GOP, does not only concern the arcanic process known as the redistribution.

“My republican colleagues and in particular the White House know how unpopular and harmful they are doing is, to avoid it from health insurance assistance programs, really all these other budgetary zones to subscribe to tax alternatives for billionaires,” said Padilla. “So, their only hope of staying in power beyond next November is to fake the system.”

In recent days, Padilla’s name has become a possible candidate to replace Newsom, who cannot arise for another quarter. The estate is unstable, with independent surveys conducted after the former vice-president Kamala Harris has chosen not to appear at the post of governor showing that a large number of voters are undecided and without clear precursor.

Padilla underlined his history of more than a quarter of a century to serve the Californians at all levels of the government when asked what could be attractive on work.

“I love California, right?” He said. “And I had the privilege and the honor of serving in so many different capacities.”

In 1999, the 26 -year -old man was elected to the Los Angeles municipal council. At the time, the MIT graduate still lived with his parents – a cleaning lady born in Mexico and a short -term cook – in Pacoima.

Padilla continued his constant rise in state political ranks in the decades that followed, serving in the State Senate and as Secretary of State of California. Newsom appointed him to fill the headquarters of the Harris Senate in 2020, making him the first Latino to represent California in the Senate, and Padilla was elected to fill a complete mandate in 2022. His current term of the Senate did not end before 2029, which means that he would not have to risk his headquarters to present himself to the governors.