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The Democrats running for governor in 2026 hurried among caucus meetings, floor speeches and after-parties, telling their personal stories and talking up their bona fides for tackling some of California’s most entrenched problems, including housing affordability and the rising cost of living.

Much of the campaigning has unfolded on social media, where would-be judges with limited public profiles hype their bona fides.

That may have appeared true to a man whose flagship measured about 100 feet long — the same distance the DMV says you should signal an upcoming turn — but in time, the hunger for harbors would convert the shallow San Pedro waters into a bona fide port.

Just give us the vrrrrooooooooom and we’ll be happy, even if this bona fide dad movie arrives a week after Father’s Day.

In the context of Capitol Hill negotiations, he was showing off his moderate bona fides, resisting the pull from conservatives to slash the program ever further.