George Slivka

George Slivka (Democratic Party) is running for election for Governor of California. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.

Slivka completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

George Slivka was born in Norwalk, Connecticut. He graduated from Los Osos High School and attended California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo. His career experience includes working as an activist.^[1]

Elections

2026

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General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for Governor of California

The following candidates are running in the general election for Governor of California on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Ethan Agarwal (D)
		Xavier Becerra (D)
		Ian Charles Calderon (D)
		Katie Porter (D)
		Raji Rab (D)
		George Slivka (D)
		Thomas Steyer (D)
		Eric Swalwell (D)
		Tony Thurmond (D)
		Antonio Villaraigosa (D)
		Betty Yee (D)
		Michael Younger (D)
		Chad Bianco (R)
		Sharifah Hardie (R)
		Steve Hilton (R)
		Brandon Jones (R)
		Kyle Langford (R)
		Daniel Mercuri (R)
	Submit photo	Jon Slavet (R)
		Leo Zacky (R)
		Nicholas Thompson (L)
		Jesse Alberti (No party preference)
	Submit photo	Tony Fitzpatrick (No party preference)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Toni Atkins (D)
Eleni Kounalakis (D)
Javen Allen (No party preference)

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Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

George Slivka completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Slivka's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

George is an activist dedicated to steering our people towards a path of health and safety. The first thing he did after leaving college was buy an electric vehicle to cancel out his carbon debt as a pizza driver, with electrified Uber delivery. The first business he filed was the Plum Tree Market, a complete replacement to the stock market that does no harm through toxins, environmental damage, or human mistreatment; when the safety of his friends and family appeared to be threatened by this, he let that dream go. After George’s short essay series to the Biden administration seemed to result shortly thereafter in the first executive order to address the dangers of plastic, he felt his work was done and retired as a beyond organic produce salesperson, saving lives, family by family. George has been arrested for his activism more than once. He has seen the police reports filled with lies used to manipulate lawyers, habits of the police that destroy lives and families. Knowing the work Newsom has done to combat the prison corporations, where humans are used as inputs treated worse than machinery, he knew he had to stand up once again and finish that work. He let go of his side quests for biodiesel jojoba farms and hydroponic tropical produce towers. George is ready to fight for the progression of democracy and the advancement of California’s economy to secure it’s stability far into the future.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

George will stop the fires. George has many plans to prevent fires from starting to begin with. First, building ranger houses where people can stay for free in return for consistent fire maintenance. Second, watering fire risk areas with sprinklers, sprinklers attached to wind turbines, or areal drops—ideally with recycled waste water so that it drains back down towards communities. Third, refilling our inland lakes with desalinated water to hydrate the air blowing in from the desert naturally. Finally, working with nature: building fish hatcheries and restoring beavers to align communities with secondary benefits like food.
George will invest in you. Free hospitals built to end the hospital bed shortage, so everyone can choose to partake. A free class a season program for universities and extension of night and weekend classes. Condos built over freeways and aqueducts, so you can afford to be an owner. Detoxing of the entire food manufacturing system so you don’t have to worry about which foods are safe for you. Fruit trees on the streets near transit, in parks, by schools so it’s easy to have fresh choices. Investment in public transit research, to the moon, so you can access space and get rich, not just the billionaires.
George will secure our economy for the future. We all know green energy is the future, but what about 3D printing, hydroponic farming, vegan meats, mag-lev sports? George is going to make international partnerships to bring future manufacturing to your town, through programs like the 58 Captial plan where we modernise county capitals to attract new businesses to the region. He will invest in new universities based on questions like: how do we stop forest fires and how should we propel spaceships, so we can design the future that no one has dreamed of yet.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

George is interested in public policy that returns on investment. Pollution and toxin regulations, so we don’t have to pay for your medical bills. Prison reform so ex-inmates can get out and pay back their time through income taxes. Wildlife protection so we don’t further disrupt cycles leading to disasters.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I look up to Fredrick Douglas. Freddy’s literacy was used to free people. Maybe don’t know but he was a pivotal voice in the ear of Abraham Lincoln to free enslaved people. Mr. Douglas inspired people to believe in and invest in themselves, to decide who they were and make it a reality. Fredrick spoke his reality into existence, and if he could do it, so can you.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and state legislature?

Ideally the governor should be more radical and the legislature should regulate them. As a governor you are working to protect your state today and build its future; you need to be pushing the limits through formation of committees and councils that will do the work legislature isn’t quick enough for. Legislatures job is to be holding town halls and communicating with their districts to directly represent their needs. When a governor pushes the limits, it’s assembly people’s and senator’s job to understand how this affects their niche communities. This way, when committee tasks and research are turned into bills and laws, everyone has had time to contribute their feedback.

Under what circumstances should the governor of your state be able to use emergency powers?

Emergency power should be used when lives are on the line. Examples of this are hospitals bed shortages, some of the worst air quality in the country, and wildfires.

Do you support or oppose changes to the current state ballot initiative process? If so, what kind of changes would you consider?

I support changes. I think if someone wants a ballot measure there should be a public place to post it that people can easily find and sign for it to be on the ballot. No individual can get 500,000 signatures, it costs millions of dollars to achieve. I believe in people powered democracy not in oligarchy. This could be achieved either through an official app with identify verification, or by lowering signature count to say 1,000 and then the proposal can be sent to town halls or election offices so voters and activists can read through them from across the state early on and support the writers.

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George Slivka

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