Alex Padilla: “I am proud to see my bill to authorize additional funding to support ecological restoration of the San Joaquin River…”

Their only hope for trying to maintain any sense of power is to interfere. It’s to change the rules. It’s to rig the elections.

This incident is a stark reminder of the very real danger facing those who serve the public and who help administer our elections in the face of increasingly hostile political rhetoric.

We will fight this illegal overreach every step of the way.

The 2026 midterm elections have begun. We urge you to immediately reaffirm that the Department will forgo any actions that would interfere with the lawful administration of the 2026 elections.