After outburst, Katie Porter's support in the California governor's race slips, new poll shows [View all]

• Former Rep. Katie Porter’s support in the 2026 governor’s race plummeted after an October outburst during a television interview with a reporter.
• A new UC Berkeley poll shows Republican Chad Bianco now leads at 13%, while Porter dropped to 11% from 17% support in August.
• Nearly half of likely voters remain undecided, indicating the race remains wide open as few Californians have begun paying close attention.

SACRAMENTO — A new poll shows that former Orange County Rep. Katie Porter’s support in the 2026 governor’s race dropped after she tangled with a television reporter during a heated interview in October, an incident that rival candidates used to question her temperament.

Porter was the clear front-runner over the summer, but by late October she dropped behind Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican, according to a poll released Friday by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies and co-sponsored by The Times.

Still, nearly half of the registered voters surveyed remain undecided, evidence that few Californians are paying attention to a race that remains wide open and was eclipsed in recent months by the costly and successful congressional redistricting battle that became a referendum on President Trump. Porter remains the most favored Democratic candidate, which is significant in a state that has not elected a Republican governor since 2006.

“She’s the leading Democrat among the various ones that are in there right now,” said Mark DiCamillo, director of the poll. “But it’s because nobody really on the Democratic side has really jumped out of the pack. It’s kind of a political vacuum at the moment.”

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-07/la-times-berkeley-poll-on-2026-california-governors-race

IMO Porter has serious anger management issues. And forget Bianco -- he's hardcore MAGA. I suspect Xavier Becerra might have the best chance to be California's next governor.