Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a conservative firebrand known for voicing law-and-order views and criticism of Gov. Gavin Newsom, is considering a run for governor in 2026.

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco was a paying member in 2014 of the Oath Keepers, a far-right, anti-government group whose ranks participated in the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, prompting ...

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco officially announced Monday, Feb. 17, that he’ll run for governor in 2026, hoping a campaign centered on fighting crime and targeting Sacramento’s ...

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco told LAist that he joined the extremist group Oath Keepers in 2014 for a year while he was still a lieutenant in the department. While he denounced ...

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco addresses supporters of U.S. President and then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a rally in Coachella, California on Oct.12, 2024.

Riverside, California, Sheriff Chad Bianco joked that he was "changing teams" in a video posted to social media over the weekend, urging followers to support Trump in 2024.

Sheriff Chad Bianco of Riverside County, Calif., which is home to nearly 2.5 million people and destinations like Palm Springs and Joshua Tree National Park, said in a statement this week that he ...

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco announces his intention to run for Governor of California at a press conference in Riverside on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) ...

In a recent video addressing deaths of inmates in Riverside County jails, Sheriff Chad Bianco made several false and misleading claims about his department’s transparency with local media and ...

Bianco, who was elected as Riverside County sheriff in 2018 after joining the department in 1993, was among more than 200 law enforcement officials included on a list of past Oath Keepers members ...