Porter leads crowded California governor race by 7 points, most voters undecided: Survey

Democratic former Rep. Katie Porter (Calif.) is leading the crowded California governor’s race, new polling shows, though most voters are undecided about who could succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).  A new survey from the University of California-Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) found Porter was the first choice for 17 percent of California voters, ahead of Republican Riverside County Sherriff Chad Bianco’s 10 percent and Democratic former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra’s 9 percent. 

Each of nine other candidates on both sides of the aisle earned 6 percent or less. In California’s nonpartisan system, the top two candidates move on from the primary to the general election, regardless of party affiliation.  But 38 percent of voters remain undec