Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, among California's most vocal critics of Governor Gavin Newsom and who publicly promised not to implement security mandates throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic, might reportedly be running for the state's top office himself in 2 years.
The Press Enterprise reported on Friday that Bianco is entertaining a run for Governor in 2026. Nick Mirman, a political specialist who has actually worked for the Sheriff, told the newspaper that Bianco has actually been approached "by numerous folks throughout the state (of) all various sort of political persuasions."
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Bianco would run as a Republican, the newspaper reports. He's dipped his toes into the political waters in recent months, campaigning for Republican Senate candidate Steve Garvey.
Bianco's public spars with Newsom acquired attention throughout the pandemic in 2020, when he declined to enforce lockdowns. The next year, he announced that he wouldn't impose vaccine requireds for Sheriff's Department staff members in
Riverside County, a policy he credited for a boost in job applications.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco speaks in a video released on Dec. 4, 2020.
More just recently he's slammed the Democrat's stance on criminal activity. He's signed up with Republican efforts to roll back policies instated by Proposition 47, which was voted to law by Californians in 2014 and customized punishments for drug and nonviolent home crimes like theft.
A 2021 information leakage exposed that Bianco was when a due-paying member of the Oath Keepers, a reactionary group that participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection on the Capitol. Bianco admitted that he was a member for one year, in 2014.
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He said the group "didn't use" him anything, leading to his departure, but he didn't criticize their ideologies or actions.
Bianco was very first elected in 2018 and won re-election in 2022 with 61% of the vote. Journalism Enterprise reports that he wouldn't have to leave office in 2026 for a possible gubernatorial run.
His term as constable expires at the end of 2028. He has not discussed the speculation.
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