Riverside County Sheriff and California gubernatorial hopeful Chad Bianco warned Republican infighting could sabotage the party’s best shot in decades to retake the state, blasting GOP rivals as “too stupid” to see what’s at stake.
California’s open “jungle primary” system — where candidates compete on the same ballot and only the top two advance — makes GOP unity even more critical. With Democrats outnumbering Republicans roughly two to one, a split conservative vote could easily shut Republicans out of the 2026 general election entirely, Bianco said in an interview with the Daily Caller.
“To be quite honest with you, and blunt, Republicans are too stupid to figure it out, and we allow egos and we allow narcissism to influence our election process,” Bianco told the Caller. “And that we do everything we can in the Republican side to ensure that we lose in primary elections.”
In most states, party infighting fades by the primary, when voters or delegates settle on a standard-bearer to face the opposition in November. But California’s “jungle primary” flips that dynamic on its head.
Under the system, every candidate from every party appears on the same ballot, and only the top two vote-getters advance to the general election — regardless of party. With Democrats outnumbering Republicans about two to one, a crowded GOP field risks splitting the conservative vote so thinly that both finalists could be Democrats.
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