Overview
- EMILY’s List endorsed Porter this week, offering early fundraising and grassroots muscle for her 2026 campaign, though the group has not detailed what it will spend.
- A CBS News California interview recorded last month resurfaced showing Porter bristling at follow-up questions about Trump voters, saying she could win without them in a Republican matchup and briefly moving to end the interview.
- Porter’s campaign said the interview continued for about 20 more minutes, and reporter Julie Watts noted that only three minutes of a 30-minute segment went viral.
- Rivals including Xavier Becerra and Antonio Villaraigosa criticized her comments, with others like Tony Thurmond and Betty Yee using the moment to question her approach and press for transparency.
- August polls showed Porter with a narrow lead and a large undecided share, and the CBS segment’s focus on Proposition 50 highlighted how California’s top-two primary could make outreach beyond the Democratic base consequential.