It’s official. I’m running to replace Gavin Newsom as the Governor of California. You can visit my campaign website at KileyForCalifornia.com.
I can’t tell you how much all of your encouragement has meant to me. Over the next 70 days, I’ll fight in every way I can to get our movement across the finish line. We’re in it to win.
While I don’t usually ask for donations in the text of my posts, I confess this one is different. The first 24 hours of our campaign are the most important, so I humbly ask for whatever you can give. You can donate here.
With a strong initial showing, we can unify support. That will help prevent the field from fracturing and splitting the vote.
Together, we’ve built a new model of citizen-backed representation. Now we can prove it’s more powerful than Gavin Newsom’s Special Interest corruption.
Renewing the meaning of We the People: that’s what the Recall has been about from the beginning. It’s what our campaign will be about until the end. And it’s what the mission of the Governor’s Office will be every day that I serve.
Thank you so much. California is worth fighting for, and it’s the honor of a lifetime to be in the fight with you.
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Meet Kevin Kiley
Kevin Kiley was elected to the California State Assembly in 2016 and has twice been reelected by substantial margins. In the 2020 election, he received more votes than any Republican in California history. Kevin is the only 100 percent citizen-backed California elected official, refusing all funding from the Special Interests that have spent tens of millions electing Gavin Newsom.
The son of a Special Education teacher, Kevin began his career as a high school teacher in inner-city Los Angeles, where he chaired the English Department and led his students to significant academic gains.
Later as an attorney, Kevin defended the U.S. Constitution in California courts and helped prosecute the civil case against China’s Huawei Technologies for intellectual property theft. He left private practice to become a prosecutor and Deputy Attorney General, representing the People of California in cases against violent felons. In November of 2020, Kevin and fellow legislator James Gallagher made use of their legal training by winning a trial against Governor Newsom for violating the separation of powers.
In five years in the Legislature, Kevin has authored groundbreaking new laws on freedom of speech, artificial intelligence, privacy, criminal justice reform, and protections for sexual assault victims, along with introducing the most significant school choice legislation in recent years. For his work advancing economic freedom, in 2020 he was named the national Legislator of the Year by the Association of Independent Workers.
Each year in the Legislature, Kevin has declined the per diem allowance, giving up $40,000 in income annually. He also declined a pay raise granted to the Governor and Legislature in 2021, and he has introduced legislation to end special perks like a private DMV office that is available exclusively to state lawmakers and their staff.
Kevin holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard, a law degree from Yale, and a master’s in secondary education from Loyola Marymount. He has also served as an adjunct professor at McGeorge School of Law.
Press Release via Kevin Kiley for Governor
7 comments
Wow. A millionaire self righteous attorney who declined a raise. What a waste of campaign money. A Boy Scout with secrets. He is going to lose anyway.
Breaking news! Somewhere in California a child will be born to a Republican parent. And THAT child will be prominently featured for its entire life by ECT….because that’s how ECT rolls. Thanks for playing
Ha… any democratic candidate is free to send any press release they want announcing their governor run. If you even do research you will see democratic press releases FAAAAAAAAR outweight anything put out by republican, but thanks for BEEEEEP, wrong answer Bro. Next time, might as well use your real name.
Mr. Kiley brags about his “movement.” What movement is that, exactly, other than his to get himself elected?
Even if he wins, California will still have a Democratic legislative supermajority heavy on the Democratic left wing. He or someone like him in the Governor’s chair will make little difference.
What California needs is a political movement than is neither loony Democratic left nor retro know nothing Trumpist Republican right; in other words, a truly centrist and pragmatic moderate movement.
Unfortunately, there is no such thing visible on the horizon. And so everyone continues to shout at each other and California continues to become less livable with each passing year. What a shame for a state that once had the best public education system and highway system in the country.
Really? use my real name? My comment was a gentle poke in the ribs. Issued with good nature. I wonder…do you ask the very thinly disguised racists who post comments on ECT to use their real names? Because I have NO problem using my real name. You are my go-to source for what’s happening around here but it seems you, like Mr. Turnage, have a thin skin. Oh, well. Have a great day
No thin skin, just like to know who I am speaking with 🙂
Who’s “thinly disguised,” George? I make no bones about where I stand and those who know me, know that. Keep in mind, that AMERICA is a free country and we can say what we think whether it’s in written form or out loud. “Political correctness” violates the First Amendment! Keep that in mind!
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