I am endorsing
@ButchWare for Governor of California!
Butch Ware is running independent from the Democratic and Republican parties as a Green Party candidate. He is calling for a universal, single-payer healthcare system, CalCare, free at the point of use for every Californian. His campaign is also fighting for free public higher education in the state and canceling state-held student debt.
Butch Ware is demanding that ICE detention centers on state contracts be closed, all state cooperation with ICE be ended, and that all residents be given access to social programs regardless of immigration or citizenship status. He is calling for a statewide $25/hour minimum wage and for a publicly owned energy grid built by unionized public-sector workers. Butch is calling for California's $800 billion in public pension funds to be divested from weapons manufacturers and corporations tied to war crimes.
The billionaire class and California’s Democratic Party, which absolutely dominates the state’s political machinery, are threatened by these demands. They have gone to shocking lengths, including removing him from the ballot entirely.
I urge California’s working people to write in Butch Ware on the ballot.
Shockingly, far from supporting Butch Ware, the overwhelming majority of labor leaders have endorsed billionaire Tom Steyer for Governor. These include the leaders of California Nurses Association, California Teachers Association, California Federation of Teachers, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) 3299, UNITE HERE, and the California AFL-CIO.
The leadership of the California Democratic Socialists of America formally issued a “No Endorsement” recommendation in their 2026 Primary Voter Guide, but shamefully they have all but endorsed Steyer by claiming that “Tom Steyer is somehow running the most progressive campaign,” and that “the most progressive of the current viable candidates for governor is Tom Steyer.”