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Attorney General

Candidate Statements

Candidate Statements are excerpted from the statements provided to election offices, where available.

Rob Bonta

  • Attorney general, California (Democrat) 
  • Crime-fighting agenda: “As Attorney General, Rob has fought to make California safe and affordable by taking on fentanyl traffickers, gun smugglers and price gougers. He’s delivered real results to … protect basic rights like access to reproductive healthcare and the freedom to marry.”
  • California v. Trump: “When President Trump and his administration attack our golden state, Rob steps up every single time to defend Californians — taking the president to court more than 50 times to defend our most fundamental rights and protect billions of dollars in critical federal funding.”
  • Combating ‘corrupt insiders’: “The son of farmworker organizers and an immigrant mom, he was inspired from a young age to fight back against corrupt insiders trying to exploit communities without access to wealth or influence.”

Marjorie Mikels

  • Attorney (Green) 
  • Free Speech: “Stop Censorship, in classrooms/everywhere; Restrict Big Tech’s Take-over of Media and our Lives.”
  • Climate: “Enforce Rapid Transition from Fossil Fuels/Nuclear to Clean Renewables.”
  • Economic security: “Promote Universal Healthcare, Taxes on Billionaires, and reduced military expenditures to End Poverty.”

Michael Gates

  • Former deputy U.S. attorney (Republican)
  • Crime-fighting agenda: “I will aggressively prosecute fraud and corruption in Sacramento, protect parents’ rights, enforce laws that keep boys out of girls’ sports and support Voter ID. This is a serious office. I will fight for everyday Californians and bring accountability and safety back to California.”
  • Cracking down on petty crime and homelessness: “I will make crime illegal again by prosecuting all crimes, including enforcing Proposition 36 [which upgraded some drug and theft offenses to felonies], and use the law to address homelessness by holding criminals accountable while getting people off our streets and into treatment.” 
  • Supporting law enforcement: “I will stand up for police, support law enforcement and defend them when they are unfairly attacked.”

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