Hey everyone, Sarah Longwell here with my state of the race. Our new segment on bulwark takes,

I want to break down the California governor's race. They had a debate last night,

and I caught some of it, and it just gave me an opportunity to break down one of the weirdest

races of the cycle. There's a lot to get into, so let's do it. So the debate

yesterday in California was between the top six candidates on the ticket, but I want to tell you,

there are 61 people who are running in the June 2nd primary. Sixty-one people in California.

It's important to note that not all of the candidates on the stage would

have qualified to be there before Eric Swalwell dropped out him, Javier Bacera, who had been

polling around 4 and 5%. But Swalwell was gone. Obviously had a big sex scandal. And so

Bacera was on the stage.

So the candidates on the scene were Katie Porter, Tom Steyer, Steve Hilton, Chad Bianco,

Matt Mahan, and Javier Bacera.

So let's set the scene.

For the Republicans, you've got Steve Hilton, who I got to tell you, until he started talking in this debate, I had not

realized he was British. He is the former advisor to British Prime Minister David Cameron.

He is the guy that Trump has endorsed. Weirdly, though, the California Republican Party has not

necessarily followed Trump's lead, and they haven't endorsed anyone in the race.

He's also a Fox News host of a show called The Next Revolution, which I don't tune into, which is why I didn't know this guy was British.

I do get his emails, though, but the British accent doesn't come through in those.

The other Republican in this race is Chad Bianco. He is the sheriff of Riverside

County, which Trump won in 2024, and which no Republican had done since George W. Bush. I wouldn't

usually start with the Republicans when we're talking about California, but the massive Democratic

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