The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/11/04/senator-alex-padilla-will-not-run-for-governor-will-seek-second-term-in-senate/California Senator Alex Padilla announced Tuesday that he will not be seeking the governor's office in 2026, as he'd been rumored to be considering in the last two months. Instead, he will remain in the Senate through the end of Trump's current term. In an announcement that surely comes as a relief to current frontrunner in the 2026 California governor's race Katie Porter, Senator Alex Padilla said Tuesday that he will not be seeking the governor's office next year. Padilla made an emotional statement with his wife at his side at the US Capitol Tuesday afternoon, as the New York Times reports, saying that "with a full heart" and "more commitmen

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