While you're here: On Nov. 4, Californians will decide whether the state should gerrymander its congressional districts. on the special election. Former state lawmaker Ian Calderon is joining the crowded 2026 race for California governor, he announced Tuesday.

The Whittier Democrat is framing his candidacy as one from a “new generation of leadership.” He was 27 when he became the first millennial to be elected to the state Assembly in 2012.

But he was no newcomer even then — Calderon comes from a line of politicians from southeast Los Angeles County. His father, Charles Calderon, started the dynasty when he was elected to the Assembly in 1982. Two of his uncles also served in the Legislature — and federal prison for corruption.

Ian Calderon left the Assembly, where he was majority

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