Attorney General Rob Bonta reportedly reconsidering run for California governor

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta is reportedly exploring a tally for California governor, aft antecedently saying helium would not beryllium going for the job.

According to POLITICO, Bonta is "strongly considering" joining the already-crowded contention of candidates vying to regenerate Gov. Gavin Newsom erstwhile his word ends.

When reporters asked the lawyer wide astir his considerations connected Monday, Bonta said, "I person thing to denote today."

"I'm grateful for the precise robust and beardown encouragement I'm getting from galore crossed California to see participate the race," helium said astatine a San Francisco property conference. "But arsenic of today, I person not entered the race."

It's a displacement from nationalist remarks helium made astatine the extremity of October.

"I americium staying retired of the governor's race," Bonta told reporters successful Sacramento connected October 28. "I americium honored, grateful. It's a privilege to service arsenic AG immoderate clip - and peculiarly successful these times. This is the astir important infinitesimal and the astir important occupation I've ever had. I privation to springiness everything I person to it. My time, my attention, my passion, my energy, my focus."

Political advisor Jim Ross said it's hard to cognize for definite if Bonta is superior astir entering the race.

"He's been calling around, benignant of checking somesthesia and what radical deliberation and and getting ideas is what I hear. But, you know, thing concrete," Ross said. "At this point, anybody could triumph this race."

A new canvass from the Public Policy Institute of California shows much than a 3rd of apt voters are either "very closely" oregon "fairly closely" pursuing quality astir the Governor's race. The aforesaid survey besides recovered erstwhile Rep. Katie Porter leads Democrats with 21% support, followed by erstwhile HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra astatine 14% The canvass was conducted aboriginal November, earlier billionaire clime activistic Tom Steyer and Rep. Eric Swalwell announced their candidacies.