Opinion: Politicians get into position for 2026 California elections
This past week, Eleni Kounalakis announced she was running to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2026.Eleni Kounalakis is the lieutenant governor of the state of California. She’s in her second term, actually, having just been re-elected last year.
It’s both heroic-ish and super vague, because lieutenant governors don’t actually have much power or influence. Kounalakis, in other words, doesn’t have much to tout because, well, there’s not much for her to do as lieutenant governor.: “In 2019, Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis ‘behested’ $300,000 from labor unions to renovate her government office with new furniture and artwork.”
That’s going to be Kounalakis’ whole campaign, basically, when talking about her governing record. Other than serving on some government boards back in the day, she has otherwise previously served as U.S. ambassador to Hungary under President Barack Obama. But ambassadorships, especially to a small country like Hungary, basically consists of hanging out and hosting dinner parties. So her political record is basically free of contentious, meaningful decision-making.
Anyway, what made Kounalakis’ announcement interesting was that former California Controller Betty Yee immediately jumped out and said she, too, would be running for governor.
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