California Republican Candidates Gear Up for Primaries at Forum

U.S. Senate candidate Cordie Williams (L) speaks, with mayor pro tem of Yorba Linda Gene Hernandez moderating, at a “Meet the Candidates” forum at the Yorba Linda Community Center in Yorba Linda, Calif., on March 24, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

YORBA LINDA, Calif.—Fourteen Republican candidates met at a “Meet the Candidates” forum on March 24 to talk about their platforms and issues that they believe matter most to voters as they prepare for California’s June primaries and the November midterm elections.

The candidates, vying for U.S. Senate, governor, attorney general, and secretary of state, are competing for party endorsements at the California Republican Party convention in Anaheim in April in the hopes of making the November ballot in California’s top-two jungle primary system.

Attorney General

Candidate Eric Early from Los Angeles criticized Democratic incumbent Attorney General Rob Bonta’s progressive policies on crime, denounced critical race theory and the state’s comprehensive sex education program for K-12 students, and promised to fight to restore election integrity in California.