I just stepped off the stage from the third debate in this race for governor, and I want to tell you what I saw up there tonight.
I saw two MAGA Republicans trying to drag Donald Trump’s extremist agenda into California.
I saw a candidate who took a maximum contribution from Big Oil and is now backpedaling on single-payer health care to win the support of powerful health care corporations and insiders.
I saw a self-funding billionaire who has poured $158 million of his own money into this race trying to buy himself a governor’s office.
That’s a lot of powerful people and special interests on one debate stage. And the truth is Californians deserve better.
I’ve spent my career going after powerful interests that think the rules don’t apply to them—Big Banks, giant corporations, pharmaceutical companies, CEOs trying to rip off working people. And I don’t scare easily.
I know what families are dealing with right now because I've lived it.
I know what it’s like to sit at the kitchen table and figure out which bills can wait another few days, or to stretch every dollar at the grocery store. I know the stress of trying to make everything fit when costs keep going up but paychecks don’t.
That’s why I’m in this race: to lower costs, deliver single-payer health care, make child care free, make public college tuition-free, and make this state work for the people who actually do the work.
And unlike some of the people I shared the stage with tonight, I’m not taking corporate PAC money and I’m not spending a personal fortune to buy this seat.
This campaign is powered by people giving what they can because they’re tired of politics working great for billionaires and corporations while everyone else gets squeezed.
The primary is coming up fast, and only two candidates move on to November. We need to keep reaching voters all across California if we’re going to make it through.
Thank you,
Katie
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