CA GOV 2021 - 2022 megathread

[pikachu]

Decided to turn this into the CA megathread anyone have any thoughts on the LA mayoral election next year the race seems wide open with Garcetti term limited https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Los_Angeles_mayoral_election
Mike Feurer  seems to be the frontrunner of the declared candidates but his endorsement of Lacey shows exactly where he stands lol I expect at least one more major candidate to declare be it John Lee or Kevin De Leon but I doubt Lee would wanna lose his seat on city council for a run at mayor which he would not have a real good shot at winning. Gruel, Wesson, and Ridley Thomas could all run too honestly no idea who im gonna back none of the candidates look particularly good.
So who do you guys think will run or win? I feel like theirs no candidate who could run and not have to go to a runoff this race will probably be quite competitive

I personally know John, and worked on his campaign, I really don't think that he'd run for mayor unless something nukes the frontrunners and he sees an opening, I think he'd rather stay in his seat and keep that nearly $200k per year salary for a few more years then risk losing the race. I could see Kevin De Leon running, perhaps as a pathway to a new statewide run.

The Englender mess kills Lee’s campaign imo. Feuer, de Leon, and Ridley-Thomas are going to run, and I’d put the latter two as frontrunners because of name recognition, if nothing else.