California is a one-party Democratic dystopia, and Election
2026 all but confirmed this dark reality.
It wasn’t always this way. Democrats controlled the state
legislature for decades, but Republicans won statewide. Think of Ronald Reagan,
George Dukmejian, Peter Wilson, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Unfortunately, Republicans haven’t elected
anyone statewide since 2006, and they have continued to lose ground, tumbling
into superminority status in the state legislature in 2012.
California Democrats win big now by demonizing Trump and
tacking him onto every Republican challenger. To ensure the win, they have
corrupted the vote with ballot harvesting, automatic voter registration, and illegal
aliens registering to vote without anyone being the wiser.
The California Republican Party has contributed greatly to
this one-party mess. GOP leaders don’t fight, refuse to show any contrast with
the liberal dominance, and they run from Trump if they don’t openly hate him.
The down-ballot apparatus is dysfunctional and defeatist, too. Local
Republicans who want to make a difference don’t get money, resources, or
support. If you want to change the party, good luck! To become a CAOGP delegate, you have to run
for office or get appointed by a candidate or elected official. As a result,
the party leaders are not grassroots conservatives. They care about selfies with famous people,
going to the exclusive parties and special dinners. California Republican conventions,
central committee meetings, and clubs can be summarized in four words: “Meet,
Greet, Eat, Retreat.”
The California Republican Party is desperate for money, but
that’s harder to come by with fewer Republicans getting elected at the state or
federal level. Local Republicans who win nonpartisan races avoid mentioning
their political affiliation, and their lack of support hurts county operations,
too. If big donors spend anything, they do it for the photos, the parties, and
the social calendar. Any grassroots activist determined to make a difference is
viewed as a nuisance, someone who will break up their fun.
I witnessed this witless commitment to failure as a CAGOP
delegate and the president of a long-standing Republican club. During my tenure
in both offices, I confronted Democratic candidates with glee. I openly
supported President Trump, while most California Republican leaders shied away
from him. Latinos for Trump highlighted the October 2016 meeting of my club.
How did the state and the county respond? The Los Angeles
County Republican Central Committee (LAGOP) revoked our club’s charter. Why?
They didn’t like my conservative views and confrontational style, and they
resented the club members for re-electing me. They claimed that our club
violated club rules by endorsing a non-Republican in a state senate race (which
had no Republican), but the county committee had done similar things in the
past!
The committee didn’t even follow its own rules to remove us,
and the state party leaders did nothing to help. Our club moved on without
official county recognition, but the damage was done. I realized then how the
California Republican establishment doesn’t want to win. The small number of
GOP donors like being little fish in an ever-dwindling pond while the state
suffers from a lack of political competition. They won’t help Republicans, but
they will spend committee money helping Democrats. This month, we learned that the LAGOP
was spending money to help flailing incumbent Democratic Los Angeles mayor
Karen Bass, herself a crypto-communist, to stop LA City Councilwoman Nithya
Raman’s insurgent campaign against her. Raman still won, likely because
local DSA activists like City Controller Kenneth Mejia exposed the public to
Bass’ Republican support, all but assuring Bass’ loss.
With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats?!
Worse yet, I learned that some CAGOP operatives in Los
Angeles County cared about more than social media and social gatherings. They join
the committees so they can get the campaign manager contracts with favored
candidates. They were making money as well-connected consultants, whether GOP
candidates were winning or not.
LAGOP turned into a patronage operation, too. Influential
members seek jobs with any remaining LA County Republican elected officials.
They don’t want competition, so they discourage or dismiss good committee
members, or they shut down clubs that could disrupt their chances at getting a
plum government job.
When they’re grifting or profiteering, CAGOP central
committee members endorse Democrats, even though Republicans are running for
the same office! Two CAGOP central committee members in my South Bay state
assembly district endorsed Democrats in the Torrance City Council race. In Monterey
County, one of the central committee members endorsed a Democrat for office,
and the committee did nothing because that RINO controlled the purse strings for
the committee and provided a monthly meeting room.
There’s no accountability when committees fail their local
Republicans, and no one gets fired when Republican party leaders endorse
Democrats. This is the California Republican Party today: the epitome of
controlled opposition.
If there’s any real Republican political power left in
California, it belongs to Trump, and the grassroots have to follow his lead
while enduring more losses. In February 2026, the California Republican
Assembly, the conscience of the Republican Party, endorsed Riverside County
Sheriff Chad Bianco for Governor. In April, Trump endorsed Fox News host Steve
Hilton, and he won the primary. Despite all the work of conservative grassroots
like myself, Trump made one post and rendered all our work for nothing.
Can Republicans turn things around and make California great
again? It will take new leadership, with real money and drive to reform a
failing operation. A well-connected billionaire or more could coalesce their
time, resources, and efforts, and take over the county committees and the state
apparatus. Using non-profits and a fine-tuned media blitz, they could expose
rampant California Democratic corruption, target swing seats during election
season, and gradually move Republicans back into power.
This model worked in Colorado, where four billionaires,
including the outgoing governor Jared Polis, flipped a reliably red state blue.
Read
The Blueprint for the whole story. A “Red Print” for California could work,
but it requires savvy political skill, lots of funding, and extensive political
connections.
California needs a team like the billionaire’s club that
turned Colorado blue. Trump can’t lead that fight, since he’s almost out of
office. Elon Musk could carry the cause if properly convinced. He took over
Twitter and restored freedom of speech. He could work similar wonders in
California politics. Peter Thiel could help, too, and the rest of the Silicon
Valley tech bros should consider joining the effort. No matter what happens, California Republicans need outside help,
because grassroots efforts are falling short, and entrenched Democratic
dominance with no opposition is destroying this state!
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