Top gubernatorial candidates met onstage Thursday at a debate hosted by CBS News California and the San Francisco Examiner.

A heated California governor debate spotlighted divides on crime, abortion and elections as a wide‑open primary race heads into its final stretch.

In the final televised California governor’s debate before the June primary, seven of the leading candidates got their last shot in primetime Thursday night as they made their case to voters. The ...

Rick Jackson has declined a Republican gubernatorial debate on June 1 for the runoff election to instead campaign with Rick ...

Republican presidential candidates, from left, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, ...

The University of Southern California (USC) abruptly canceled a debate between several gubernatorial candidates after it faced backlash for appearing to exclude non-White candidates. USC previously ...

The University of Southern California canceled its gubernatorial debate on Tuesday night. In a statement, the USC Center for the Political Future defended its methodology and criteria that determined ...

This story was updated to add new information. USC canceled a debate for the California governor’s race after an accusation that it purposefully left out candidates of color cast a shadow over the ...

Austin Turner is a web producer at CBS News Los Angeles. An Inland Empire native, Austin earned a degree in journalism from San Jose State University in 2020. Before joining CBS News in 2025, he ...

Top Democrats in the California state legislature demanded that the University of Southern California (USC) either expand the number of candidates allowed to participate in the gubernatorial debate, ...