Betty Yee says she is staying in the 2026 California governor’s race despite low polling and fundraising challenges, and is pitching a grassroots campaign focused on fiscal responsibility and government accountability. She is running in a crowded primary where no candidate has a clear lead, raising Democratic concerns that vote-splitting could let two Republicans advance under the top-two system. Yee also emerged as one of the better-performing Democrats at the state party convention, but Democrats still did not endorse any candidate.