California's lieutenant governor, Eleni Kounalakis, declared on Monday that she will run for governor in 2026.
.My family and I owe our state everything. She declared on social media, "I will work tenaciously to ensure that EVERY Californian has the opportunity to travel the path.
Of the CA dream just like I have. Subscribe to our Newsletters If elected, Kouna.lakis would be the first woman to ever.
lead the Golden State. The resident of Sacramento told Politico that she intended to start a campaign committee.
And address a number of pressing problems in the state, including homelessness and the fentanyl crisis.
Although she is the only candidate to have started a campaign so far, more opponents are anticipated as the election gets closer.
Kounalakis has previously served in that capacity. Most notably, she was the first woman in California to sign a bill into law last year.