Seems too early, who's paying attention to 2026 gubernatorial election other than political nerds? However, she'd make a good governor I assume. I'm fairly confident she makes it to the November election then.
If she's the Democratic nominee its hard to see her losing.
Possible, though unlike in senate races, in every gubernatorial election since the adoption of the jungle primary a Republican made it to the November ballot (however in 2014 and 2022 there was a Democratic incumbent running for reelection without serious inner party opposition).
Yes, the whole "CA jungle primary = impending Solid South style D vs. D GEs for everything" idea really hasn't materialized.
The Solid South was different, because it wasn't a democracy. The GOP is just unpopular in California. The Solid South didn't exist because Republicans were unpopular, it existed only because of disenfranchisement.
