A new Manhattan Institute poll of 2,593 Democrats confirms what reformers have been arguing: moderates dominate the party (47%) while an 11% "Woke Fringe" drives its agenda — and San Francisco's ranked-choice voting system may offer a structural fix. Meanwhile, California's 2026 governor's race is shaping up as a test of whether public sector unions collecting $921M in annual dues can simply purchase their preferred candidate, with Porter, Swalwell, and Steyer already lined up for the audition. Campaign finance hypocrisy is also on display: AOC's former chief of staff burned through $1.47M of his own tech fortune trying to buy Nancy Pelosi's old congressional seat — and got zero votes from local Democrats.
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Public sector unions are picking their next governor. Porter, Swalwell, and Steyer are lining up to perform. One Democrat is not: Matt Mahan
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Saikat Chakrabarti—architect of the 'dark money' operation he rails against—is trying to buy Pelosi's seat. Local Democrats aren't having it.
Paid operatives weaponized fake harassment claims to protect Pelosi. When the lies collapsed, they just pivoted to new attacks.