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State of California
Chad Bianco
Sheriff of Riverside County, California (sitting · 2026 CA Governor primary candidate · LOST June 2 2026 jungle primary, 4th place ~11%)
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
95
/ 100
A
Raw: 38 of 40 dynamic max
· 20 of 49 answered
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✝ God First
28/ 70
🏛️ State First
10/ 30
National Rank
#4,014 of 8,966 · top 44.8% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
June 2, 2026
Primary · Seat up at next election
— until
Registration deadline: 2026-10-19
Early voting: 2026-10-06 – 2026-11-03 (All-mail state — ballots mailed to every voter)
Elections office: (916) 657-2166
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: California Secretary of State — Elections Division
Official Profile
Religion: Evangelical Christian (Sandals Church, Riverside · SBC)
Background: 14th Sheriff-Coroner of Riverside County, CA (since 2019, reelected 2022, term to 2028). Announced GOP gubernatorial run Feb 17, 2025; finished 4th in June 2 2026 jungle primary (~11%); Hilton (R) + Becerra (D) advance to November. Former Oath Keepers member 2014–15. Married to Denise; four children.
[2026-06-05 evidence finalization · LOCAL autopilot · state-tier dual-office] Sitting Riverside Co Sheriff who ran for CA Gov 2026; LOST jungle primary June 2 2026 (4th, ~11%), eliminated from Nov general; remains Sheriff (term 2028). High-profile MAGA-aligned constitutional-sheriff: openly refused to enforce Newsom COVID lockdowns + vaccine mandates (Fox LA, Spectrum News 1); pro-life w/ explicit Comstock Act enforcement pledge (factually.co); pledged to abolish CA income tax (KTLA); pledged to abolish sanctuary state + repeal AB 1955 parental-notification override (campaign site); seized 650K ballots in 2025 special-election integrity action (CalMatters); affirms 2A as 'God-given right' (Survival World). Notable nuance scored FALSE on border q1: platform explicitly only deports 'violent criminals' + supports 'reasonable path to citizenship' + 'guest worker programs' (biancoforgovernor.com/immigration) — NOT a mandatory-deportation-of-all-illegals posture. Christian rhetoric strong but no Rom 13:4 magistrate-bearing-the-sword framing documented → q4 null.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state funding for embryonic stem-cell research and supports state IVF embryo-protection laws
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate opposes state physician-assisted suicide laws and opposes state Medicaid death-panel rationing
Not yet verified
Candidate has never accepted abortion-industry PAC funding for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
TRUE (+2)[2]
Candidate supports state no-fault divorce reform and pro-marriage policy (covenant marriage option, waiting periods, etc.)
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in state-funded schools, state agencies, and state corporate-partnership programs
TRUE (+2)[3]
Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state law requiring parental notification + consent on minors' medical, mental-health, and gender interventions (incl. school counseling referrals)
TRUE (+2)[3]
Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
TRUE (+2)[3]
Candidate has voted for state age-verification laws on pornographic content and state criminal penalties for sexualizing minors
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state RFRA-style protections for faith-based adoption + foster agencies; opposes state-mandated SS-couple placement
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
TRUE (+2)[4]
Candidate has voted for state conscience-exemption laws (state RFRA, medical-professional carve-outs, business-owner protections)
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state-level pronoun mandates + state 'hate speech' laws restricting Christian conviction
Not yet verified
Candidate supports state public-square Christian display protections + state legislative prayer + state Sunday-closure laws
TRUE (+2)[4]
Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays/curricula/holidays in state institutions
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state law protecting cash as legal tender, opposing state-level CBDC pilot programs, and protecting crypto-as-property status
TRUE (+2)[5]
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has voted for state balanced-budget compliance + opposed state borrowing for non-capital expenditures
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state usury caps + state predatory-lending protections + state charitable-deduction parity
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state pension/treasury divestment from ESG-aligned funds (e.g., BlackRock) + state anti-monopoly enforcement against financial cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state hand-count requirements / opposed electronic voting machines
Not yet verified
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at registration
TRUE (+2)[6]
Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
TRUE (+2)[7]
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted to ban state acceptance of private election grants ('Zuckerbucks') + state penalties for foreign interference
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted for state-funded border-security measures (e.g., TX Operation Lone Star analog, AZ wall expansion)
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted for state laws requiring local cooperation with ICE deportation enforcement
FALSE (0)[8]
Candidate (state) has voted to preempt or punish sanctuary-city policies + ban state cities from declaring sanctuary status
TRUE (+2)[8]
Candidate (state) has voted for state E-Verify mandate (beyond federal floor) for state employers + state-benefit eligibility verification
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted to restrict foreign ownership of state farmland (e.g., China-buyer prohibitions)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted for state constitutional-carry statute
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted against state universal-background-check schemes
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted to enact / strengthen state Castle Doctrine + stand-your-ground statute
TRUE (+2)[9]
Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
TRUE (+2)[10]
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
TRUE (+2)[11]
Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
Not yet verified
Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
Not yet verified
Official has voted for or sponsored 10th-Amendment nullification or anti-commandeering measures
TRUE (+2)[12]
Official has declined unconstitutional federal mandates or federal strings on the state
Not yet verified
Official has resisted federal overreach on guns, life, education, or religious liberty
TRUE (+2)[13]
Official affirms state sovereignty against unconstitutional federal action
Not yet verified
Official has opposed federal capture of state elections, data, or land
TRUE (+2)[14]
Sources & Evidence
1 Center12 Other
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_BiancoEncyclopedia
biancoforgovernor.com/education/Unclassified
biancoforgovernor.com/immigration/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
Every answer above with a [n] marker corresponds to one of the footnotes below. Wayback-archive links preserve the page as it read at our access date so a reader can verify the citation even if the original URL changes or disappears.
- [1]Pro-life position affirming life begins at conception. Unclassified
Pro-life position affirming life begins at conception.
- [2]'Boys should not be competing against girls... ethically and morally wrong to allow them into locker rooms and restrooms.' Unclassified
'Boys should not be competing against girls... ethically and morally wrong to allow them into locker rooms and restrooms.'
- [3]Pledged to repeal AB 1955 (CA law restricting parental notification of student gender changes). Unclassified
Pledged to repeal AB 1955 (CA law restricting parental notification of student gender changes).
- [4]'Number one, I am a Christian'; 'Our Christian values absolutely must be in our government.' Unclassified
'Number one, I am a Christian'; 'Our Christian values absolutely must be in our government.'
- [5]Pledged to abolish the CA state income tax entirely. Unclassified
Pledged to abolish the CA state income tax entirely.
- [6]
- [7]April 2026 seized ~650,000 ballots from CA's 2025 special election citing integrity concerns; ongoing investigation. Unclassified
April 2026 seized ~650,000 ballots from CA's 2025 special election citing integrity concerns; ongoing investigation.
- [8]Platform supports deportation only of 'violent criminals'/'serious crimes' + 'reasonable path to citizenship for hard working, law abiding residents' + 'guest worker programs' — not a mandatory-deportation-of-all posture. Unclassified
Platform supports deportation only of 'violent criminals'/'serious crimes' + 'reasonable path to citizenship for hard working, law abiding residents' + 'guest worker programs' — not a mandatory-deportation-of-all posture.
- [9]Calls 2A / self-defense a 'God-given right' and check against government tyranny. Unclassified
Calls 2A / self-defense a 'God-given right' and check against government tyranny.
- [10]Career sheriff running on 'law and order'; supported Prop 36; pledges full LE funding and reopening prisons. Encyclopedia
Career sheriff running on 'law and order'; supported Prop 36; pledges full LE funding and reopening prisons.
- [11]Platform rolls back Prop 47 felony threshold; restores cash bail for serious/violent offenses; vocally criticizes 'zero-bail' and 'DA non-prosecution'. Unclassified
Platform rolls back Prop 47 felony threshold; restores cash bail for serious/violent offenses; vocally criticizes 'zero-bail' and 'DA non-prosecution'.
- [12]Riverside County 'won't be blackmailed, bullied, or used as muscle' by state on COVID orders; asserted constitutional limits. Right
Riverside County 'won't be blackmailed, bullied, or used as muscle' by state on COVID orders; asserted constitutional limits.
- [13]Publicly refused to enforce Newsom COVID lockdowns and vaccine mandate. Unclassified
Publicly refused to enforce Newsom COVID lockdowns and vaccine mandate.
- [14]Refused to enforce COVID stay-at-home and vaccine-mandate orders deemed unconstitutional. Unclassified
Refused to enforce COVID stay-at-home and vaccine-mandate orders deemed unconstitutional.
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