Senior Politics Reporter

Josh Koehn

If the speaker emerita decides to retire, the state senator could transfer his campaign war chest into a new committee to run in 2026.

The young investor is the rare power broker who gives away no partisan preferences. That’s why everyone is listening to him.

Two Democrats want details about the dismantling of an office that was reviewing Musk’s company for discrimination. 

Saikat Chakrabarti, a former software engineer for Stripe, will take on the speaker emerita in next year’s election.

If the numbers hold, California’s “top two” election system would have to make room for a third candidate on the November ballot.