BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- If you think it's too early to talk about the 2026 Midterm Election, it's not -- at least not for our local electeds.

Kern County Democrats returned from a weekend in Anaheim, meeting with fellow party leaders and voters to discuss directions for the 2026 Midterms.

It was a weekend of passion and like-mindedness at the California Democratic Party State Convention in Orange County.

It was a convention of 4,000 Democrats, but why should all voters care?

This convention sets the stage for 2026 -- who may be running and what issues, like the economy, could be front and center.

"Will you stand up to Donald Trump?" said an energetic Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey), one of the speakers over the weekend.

In an interview with 17 News reflecting on the conventi

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