“Send lawyers, guns and money,” rock legend Warren Zevon once urged in a song.

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco has raised at least $1.6 million for his 2026 campaign for governor. Now he wants help paying his lawyers.

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The Republican, who led Democratic frontrunner Katie Porter in a recent poll, started a legal defense fund in late October, campaign finance records show. The fund allows donors to help pay the sheriff’s legal bills — for what, it’s not clear.

In an emailed response to questions about the fund, Bianco said: “This is your typical biased, selective reporting.”

“This is common to most all campaigns,” he said, adding that the fund is unrelated to his work with the county.

A check of campaign finance paperwork found no record of legal defense funds for

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