"With less than five months until California 's primary election for governor, no candidate has emerged as the consensus choice of the most powerful force in state Democratic politics: organized labor. Attorney General Rob Bonta, a longtime labor ally, announced last week he would not run for governor, despite behind-the-scenes encouragement from many in the state's labor movement. His decision increased the likelihood that no single candidate will be able to consolidate labor support, even as a handful of unions have already made early endorsements."
""This is probably the least clear, most muddled gubernatorial primary field we've seen in California in more than half a century," said Dan Schnur, who teaches political communications at USC and UC Berkeley. "There are several candidates with solid labor credentials, but no one who stands out to a point where you see unions flocking to them the way you have in most past campaigns.""
With less than five months until California's primary election for governor, no candidate has emerged as the consensus choice of organized labor. Attorney General Rob Bonta, a longtime labor ally, announced he would not run, increasing the likelihood that labor will not consolidate behind a single candidate despite some early union endorsements. Political observers describe the primary field as unclear and muddled, with several candidates holding solid labor credentials but none drawing overwhelming union support. Unions provide major funding and field operations that have historically propelled Democratic nominees. Separately, a federal immigration agent shot at a suspect during a targeted operation in South Los Angeles; no one was hit.
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