Eric Swalwell Enters California Governor's Race

[mountaineer]

Katie Porter wasn't enough of a clown show by herself, apparently.

Eric Swalwell enters California governor’s race
The seven-term House member and longtime Trump foe is hoping to capitalize on seemingly wide-open Democratic field.
By Melanie Mason and Blake Jones
11/21/2025 12:28 AM EST

Rep. Eric Swalwell, an outspoken Donald Trump antagonist, is running for California governor, adding one more Democratic hopeful to the jam-packed field.

The seven-term member of Congress, who represents the San Francisco Bay Area, said on his website he “is running for Governor with fresh ideas and tremendous heart” before appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday night.

“I’m running for Governor because prices are too high and people are scared,” he wrote.

A Swalwell candidacy was on nobody’s radar just a few months ago. His decision to enter the race late in the year — when other candidates have had as much as a year’s head start — is the latest sign of an unsettled Democratic field in the race to succeed Gavin Newsom, with no decisive frontrunner.

The leading Democrat, Katie Porter, has been hobbled by unflattering viral videos, while former Health Secretary Xavier Becerra and former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa have struggled to break into double-digits in the polls. The other contenders — state schools chief Tony Thurmond, former state controller Betty Yee, entrepreneur Stephen J. Cloobeck and former assemblymember Ian Calderon — have failed to break out from the bottom of the pack. ...

POLITICO

[mountaineer]

This is the guy  who claims someplace other than California as his primary residence (but what's a little mortgage fraud among friends?), keep in mind.

Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
40 million people, and the two most likely individuals to become governor of California are a dude who fell for a Chinese honeypot and a woman who poured scalding mashed potatoes on her husband’s head.
Cooked. Absolutely cooked.
7:42 AM · Nov 21, 2025

PoIiMath
@politicalmath
It is extremely funny that Swalwell was outed as the sucker's end of a Chinese honeypot operation and that has not harmed his political ambitions in the slightest
12:33 AM · Nov 21, 2025

https://twitter.com/SteveHiltonx/status/1990438327145603307

[Wingnut]

Poor poor Cali.  A state were turds rise to the top of the cesspool and run for office.

[catfish1957]

[mountaineer]

NY Post, Nov. 13, 2025:
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) was hit with a federal criminal referral for alleged mortgage and tax fraud related to his purchase of a $1.2 million home in Washington, DC, that he claimed as a primary residence, The Post has confirmed.

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte in a Wednesday letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi requested an investigation of Swalwell based on allegedly false and misleading statements he made about the purchase, NBC News first reported.

The California Democrat was able to secure millions of dollars’ worth of loans and refinancing based on the primary residence declaration in DC, a source familiar with the referral said.  ...

[PeteS in CA]

Steyer, Villaraigosa, Porter, Becerra, Swillwell ... no need to bring in the clowns, the Dem-clowns are here.

[Free Vulcan]

Steyer, Villaraigosa, Porter, Becerra, Swillwell ... no need to bring in the clowns, the Dem-clowns are here.

Watching them takes the machetes to each other will be pure entertainment.

[mountaineer]

Josh Koehn
@Josh_Koehn
NEW: Rep. Eric Swalwell, who’s running for California governor, has missed the most floor votes of any active member of the House, according to an analysis by The Post.
He’s even missed more votes than Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who died in March
From nypost.com
10:40 PM · Dec 16, 2025

 

[DefiantMassRINO]

... and I thought California's dumpster fire couldn't possibly get worse. (lol)

Swalwell would be a worse governor than Newsom.

If ever there was a time for a ham sandwich to run for Cali Governor, now is it.

Go, Ham Sandwich, Go!

[mountaineer]

His ad shows us just what a regular guy he is. And how he truly relates to teen black boys.
You can tell this wasn't the least bit scripted.
 

https://twitter.com/BuzzPatterson/status/2003175385551503405

[PeteS in CA]

I'm sure that more than a few Dems' ads will be worthy of 4- and 5-barf-bag ratings. My FB Feed this AM had a post from Swillwell asking people what issues concerned them. I'm sure my honest responses were, ummm, unappreciated.

[mountaineer]

Speaking of the lovely and charming Katie Porter, thrower of hot food ...

OC Scanner 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
@OC_Scanner
Katie Porter describes herself as “a single mom of 3 teens and an educator”
What Katie Porter leaves out is she threw boiling potatoes on her husband
And I’m not actually sure the last time she ever taught a class at UCI
1:05 PM · Feb 20, 2026

Zack Lawton
@zackster_918
She’s a single mom because she tried to kill her ex with boiling hot mashed potatoes. And, she’s NOT an educator. She taught one class at UC Irvine. She was given VERY affordable housing on the campus ($510,000 vs $1,200,000 average in Irvine) and, although she hasn’t taught since 2018, she still lives in the house.  Her ex and two boyfriends have restraining orders against her.  Then there’s the horrible way she treats her staff.   Double pass on this psycho.
12:26 PM · Feb 20, 2026

https://twitter.com/houmanhemmati/status/2024890148278993058

[PeteS in CA]

Prior to whatever Porter did for ~7 years at UCI, she had been a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law for 6 years. Evidently she is as great to work for as Kammie, . I guess she's one of those women managers who believe that they have to be like their stereotypes of nasty male bosses to be successful female bosses.

[Smokin Joe]

Josh Koehn
@Josh_Koehn
NEW: Rep. Eric Swalwell, who’s running for California governor, has missed the most floor votes of any active member of the House, according to an analysis by The Post.
He’s even missed more votes than Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who died in March
From nypost.com
10:40 PM · Dec 16, 2025

 

off playing boom-boom with feng feng?

[Smokin Joe]

What a sh*tshow..

[mountaineer]

Porter apparently claims to have been a math teacher, but people investigating have found no evidence of it. She may have taught English for 6 months in Hong Kong, though.

[Free Vulcan]

Josh Koehn
@Josh_Koehn
NEW: Rep. Eric Swalwell, who’s running for California governor, has missed the most floor votes of any active member of the House, according to an analysis by The Post.
He’s even missed more votes than Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who died in March
From nypost.com
10:40 PM · Dec 16, 2025

 

Ah, he be bang bang Fang Fang tang tang with his wang wang!

[PeteS in CA]

As I posted above, Katie Porter was a professor, over time, at several universities, specifically, a law professor.

Swillwell's spy squeeze fled the US in 2015.

The ticket of Dem goobernatorial candidates reminds me of the 70s hit sing, "Send in the Clowns". Sadly, one of them is likely to be the next goobernor.