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Third-party campaigns never start this strong
Jason Call
December 13, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes
Folks,
EMC Research recently released a poll in the governor’s race, and for the first time, our campaign appeared beside every major candidate.
That alone tells you something about the fear running through the Democratic establishment.
They have worked for years to keep Green candidates out of polling so they can block debate access and keep voters trapped inside their corporate-controlled universe.
But even with their gatekeeping, we cracked 2% out of the gate, a measure almost unheard of for any third-party campaign in California at this stage of a statewide race.
Chip in now to help us build on this momentum and lift this campaign into every corner of the state.
This polling entrance shows just how tired voters are of candidates with no fire, no independence, and no vision beyond serving the same donor class that built the inequality crushing this state.
Every Democrat in this race is running to become the next Gavin Newsom, and voters are signaling that this parade of recycled leadership offers nothing for working people.
Zohran Mamdani stood at this same polling mark at the same point in his race before he reshaped the political landscape in New York – and we have an advantage that their campaign didn’t have.
Unlike Zohran, we do not face the same percentage threshold in a closed primary.
California’s jungle primary sends two candidates forward, and 20% places us in that final round.
California has 7 million independent and third-party voters.
The Republican Party cannot capture them, and the Democrats have failed them through loyalty to corporate money, anti-worker governance, climate mismanagement, a wrecked transportation vision, and widening economic collapse.
They left a vacuum, and our campaign plans to walk straight into it with clarity and courage they cannot match.
Our only obstacle is visibility.
Millions of Californians have never seen our campaign because the establishment depends on keeping us out of sight.
That ends now.
We are raising funds to put electronic billboards across this state so voters see Butch’s face and understand that a serious Green candidacy is here.
Billboards push our message across the state, polls rise as voters see us, and steady increases open the door to the CBS debate stage in April.
In Solidarity,
Jason Call
Manager, Butch Ware for Governor
Butch Ware is running for Governor of California as a Green Party candidate to fight for a government that puts people first, not corporations. An anti-imperialist historian, scholar of revolution, and lifelong champion for justice, Dr. Ware is committed to building a California where healthcare is a right, housing is affordable, and our environment is protected. Join the fight and help us create a better future for all. Donate today, and let’s show the corporate parties that the people are in charge!
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