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In Congress, Katie Porter\u2019s blunt, combative style helped rocket her to progressive stardom. It has also become her biggest vulnerability as she campaigns to be California\u2019s next governor.<\/p>\n

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Her brusque approach, prosecutorial instincts and suburban mom appeal fueled Porter\u2019s rise during her three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she rattled CEOs and Trump administration leaders and batted away GOP challengers in a competitive Orange County district.<\/p>\n

Her tack, however, made her a polarizing force within her own party, where fidelity remains an essential currency of success and power. In Congress, Porter clashed with then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and L.A.\u2019s Rep. Maxine Waters.<\/p>\n

The same rough edges that endeared Porter to many voters have also alienated some Democratic insiders and interest groups whose support could prove critical in the race to replace outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe came in [to the governor\u2019s race] as an outsider, as a mom, as a fighter. She wasn\u2019t pulled into the establishment,\u201d said Lorena Gonzalez, president of the California Federation of Labor Unions. \u201cI think that\u2019s why she\u2019s popular with voters, because they want somebody who\u2019s going to fight, and sometimes that ruffles feathers.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the campaign for governor, Porter, a single mother of three, has struggled to convert grassroots popularity into broader institutional support. Even after former Rep. Eric Swalwell dropped out of the race amid allegations of sexual assault, she has yet to see a major surge in support or endorsements from Democratic power brokers.<\/p>\n

A pair of embarrassing videos continue to hang over her campaign. The videos, which surfaced in October, showed Porter yelling at a staff member and threatening to walk out of a television reporter\u2019s interview.<\/p>\n

As former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has ascended and she remained stagnant in polls following Swalwell\u2019s exit, Porter has increasingly sought to redeem her image. She poked fun at the incident with her staffer in an ad, smilingly asking a group of whiteboard-wielding supporters behind her to \u201cplease get out of my shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

In recent debates, Porter has sought to play up the qualities that made her a standout among resistance-era progressives, needling former hedge fund executive Tom Steyer over his past investments in private prisons and pressing Becerra for a \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cno\u201d on statewide single-payer healthcare. Porter emphasizes her support for single-payer healthcare, providing free child care and college tuition and making wealthy corporations pay their \u201cfair share\u201d in taxes. <\/p>\n

Porter said she wants to increase taxes on the state\u2019s wealthiest residents but doesn\u2019t support the proposed billionaire\u2019s tax ballot measure because it is a \u201cone-time tax\u201d that won\u2019t solve the state\u2019s underlying budget issues.<\/p>\n

During a particularly chaotic debate last week, she scolded her opponents\u2019 incessant interruptions and called out what she considered a double standard over her behavior.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t believe, with [the] interrupting and name-calling and shouting and disrespect for everyone up here who\u2019s stepping into public service that anyone wants to talk about my temperament,\u201d she said during the May 5 debate on CNN.<\/p>\n

Though she acknowledged she mishandled both caught-on-tape situations and said she apologized to the staffer, the videos hindered her early momentum and have undercut her efforts to make inroads with potential allies in the race.<\/p>\n

Influential lawmakers, labor groups and party insiders have coalesced behind Becerra and Steyer, her top Democratic rivals.<\/p>\n

Porter has scored some key endorsements. She is one of three candidates backed by the California Federation of Labor Unions, along with Steyer and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. She also has support from Teamsters California, the National Union of Healthcare Workers and progressive groups such as Emilys List and California Environmental Voters, which dual-endorsed her and Steyer. <\/p>\n

Union support is pivotal for Democratic candidates in California, sending a clear signal that they support the priorities of working-class voters. For Porter, who has proudly refused to accept corporate donations throughout her political career, the labor endorsements also help her attract the small-dollar donations that are essential to her campaign. <\/p>\n

While in Congress, Porter proved to be a prodigious fundraiser. In her last reelection campaign for the House of Representatives in 2022, she raised more than $25.6 million in contributions \u2014 the second-most in Congress, behind only Bakersfield\u2019s Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who was then the House Republican leader. <\/p>\n

Still, her backing from elected Democrats remains comparatively thin. Along with her mentor, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), just three members of Congress have endorsed her gubernatorial bid: Reps. Robert Garcia of Long Beach, Dave Min of Irvine and Derek Tran of Huntington Beach. She also picked up an endorsement from Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Irvine) after Swalwell dropped out.<\/p>\n

Though none would speak publicly, multiple sources who work in and around the state Capitol expressed concerns about Porter\u2019s temperament and her willingness to work collaboratively with people she disagrees with.<\/p>\n

\u201cKatie Porter hurt herself big time because she needs anger management and she doesn\u2019t have the temperament\u201d to be governor, Democratic former Sen. Barbara Boxer said during a recent interview with NewsNation\u2019s Leland Vittert.<\/p>\n

Through her campaign spokesperson, Porter declined to be interviewed for for this story. <\/p>\n

Defenders argue the backlash reflects a double standard for women in politics \u2014 a salient point in a state that, despite its liberal reputation, has never elected a woman as governor.<\/p>\n

\u201cSacramento sizes up every gubernatorial candidate the same way: Can they win, and is this someone I actually want to work with?\u201d said Elizabeth Ashford, a Democratic consultant who is not working with any of the candidates running for governor. \u201cThe videos showed an angry woman, and for a lot of people that translated to \u2018I don\u2019t want her as my boss.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a double standard that dogs women in politics. Jerry Brown was famous for his loud, unfiltered outbursts and nobody questioned whether he was up to the job,\u201d said Ashford, who served as the former governor\u2019s deputy press secretary.<\/p>\n

Gonzalez agreed, arguing that women who stand up for themselves \u201care often labeled as \u2018difficult.\u2019 Probably a lot of people think I\u2019m difficult,\u201d the labor leader added with a laugh.<\/p>\n

Born in Iowa, Porter often connects her politics to her family\u2019s financial struggles after losing their farm during the 1980s farm crisis. She earned degrees from Yale and Harvard, where she studied bankruptcy law under Warren. In 2012, while working as a law professor at UC Irvine, Porter was appointed by then-Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris to oversee California\u2019s $18-billion mortgage settlement.<\/p>\n

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After defeating Republican incumbent Rep. Mimi Walters in 2018, Porter quickly emerged as one of the Democratic Party\u2019s most recognizable progressives. Armed with a whiteboard and other visual aids in congressional hearings, she confronted banking and pharmaceutical executives over drug prices, consumer debt and corporate profits.<\/p>\n

The props, theatrical at times, seemed to aggravate Waters, then the Democratic chairwoman of the Financial Services Committee. On several occasions, Waters sided with Republicans who challenged Porter\u2019s use of visual and audio aids during hearings.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease do not raise your board. We\u2019ve talked about this before,\u201d the chairwoman scolded when Porter tried to hold up a \u201cFinancial Services Bingo\u201d card during a 2019 hearing on debt collection. (She later got to show the board on \u201cLate Night with Seth Meyers.\u201d)<\/p>\n

Eager to force change they campaigned on, Porter and other freshmen, including members of \u201cThe Squad,\u201d at times clashed with Pelosi and other Democratic<\/u> leaders.<\/p>\n

Porter has slammed lawmakers, including Democrats, for stock trading and funneling earmark funding<\/u> to their home districts, arguing that such practices breed corruption and mistrust in Congress. The critiques irked Pelosi, a powerful force in California politics.<\/p>\n

In her second term, the Orange County Democrat lost her coveted spot on the Financial Services Committee after she listed it as her third choice and requested a waiver to stay on it. Typically, members prioritize such high-profile committees and request waivers to serve on lesser ones in addition. The move was seen as a risk, the result a check on Porter\u2019s ambition.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo many of us, regardless of ideology, run on \u2018shaking up Washington.\u2019 But then when you actually come here, there\u2019s a lot of consequences for doing that,\u201d Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told The Times after Porter lost the committee position.<\/p>\n

Porter\u2019s willingness to buck party norms also raised eyebrows during her Senate campaign, when she entered the race for Sen. Dianne Feinstein\u2019s seat before Feinstein had announced retirement plans in early 2023. Although then-Rep. Adam Schiff also launched an early campaign, he did so only after privately seeking Feinstein\u2019s blessing. She ultimately finished third in the primary. <\/p>\n

Her decision to run for Senate did not ingratiate her with Washington\u2019s Democratic leadership. The party was forced to spend millions to ensure another Democrat was elected to her contested Orange County congressional seat, and Schiff, her top rival in the race, was a close ally of Pelosi \u2014 who endorsed him \u2014 and helped lead the first impeachment effort against President Trump.<\/p>\n

Controversy surrounding Porter\u2019s personal relationships have also surfaced during previous campaigns. In 2024, she obtained a five-year restraining order<\/u> against a former boyfriend who she said bombarded her and her children with threatening messages.<\/p>\n

When a whisper campaign about the end of her marriage threatened her first House run, Porter shared details of her 2013 divorce<\/u> with the Huffington Post, including that her ex-husband, Matthew Hoffman, physically intimidated and verbally abused her. Hoffman also claimed to be the victim of abuse, including an incident in which Porter allegedly threw hot mashed potatoes at him. Both filed for restraining orders and sought anger management during the divorce.<\/p>\n

Former employees have also rallied to her defense. In an open letter last month, 30 former staffers described Porter as a \u201cworkhorse\u201d who \u201casked of us what she expected of herself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe demanded a lot, but she also fought for us, mentored us, and stood by us when life got hard,\u201d the former aides wrote. \u201cWe believe the public should understand the full person we know, not a caricature built from a few clips on a bad day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Porter has argued that voters are looking for someone willing to challenge powerful interests rather than accommodate them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s on me to keep campaigning and keep demonstrating that,\u201d she told reporters after a recent gubernatorial debate in San Francisco. \u201cIt\u2019s also not lost on me that the last time the Democratic Party had a woman nominee for governor was 1994, when I was in college.\u201d<\/p>\n

The affordability crisis is at the forefront of the race to replace term-limited Newsom. As a single parent, Porter argues she is acutely aware of gas and grocery prices \u2014 as well as higher-stakes consequences.<\/p>\n

She described feeling shocked when, during a recent conversation with her 17-year-old son, he asked if she would visit him if he moved to another state.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018Paul, you love California, why would you leave California?\u2019 And he said, \u2018Well, I\u2019m thinking I might want to have a family and I might want to have a house, and I know that means I\u2019ll have to leave California,\u2019\u201d Porter recounted at a March forum hosted by the California Assn. of Realtors. \u201cWe need to be a state that doesn\u2019t just retain people like my son \u2026 but welcomes new families.\u201d<\/p>\n

The centerpiece of her proposed \u201caffordability solutions\u201d are free child care, free tuition at UC and CSU schools for students who complete two years of community college, and ending income taxes for those who earn less than $100,000 \u2014 an idea she acknowledges she \u201cstole\u201d from Republican candidate Steve Hilton. \u201cI will take a good idea anywhere I can get it,\u201d she said at a recent forum.<\/p>\n

To pay for it, Porter would impose a progressive corporate tax, meaning more profitable businesses and corporations would pay a higher rate. A less than 1% tax hike on businesses that earn hundreds of millions in profit would bring in around $8 billion, according to her website.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think she deeply and personally understands the everyday struggles that so many Californians are grappling with right now,\u201d said Petrie-Norris, who last month became the first state legislator to endorse Porter.<\/p>\n

While Petrie-Norris describes herself as more politically moderate than Porter, the Irvine assemblywoman praised her as a \u201cpragmatic problem-solver\u201d and \u201cproven fighter\u201d who has taken on corporate interests and the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

For a while, Porter was one of four women among the major candidates running for governor. One by one they have dropped out of the race, citing difficulties raising money and support.<\/p>\n

After sharing the debate stage with five men recently, Porter was asked whether California is ready for a female governor.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI sure as hell hope so,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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