A largely ignored, but interesting, development has arisen in the upcoming California gubernatorial contest. It is a viable petition that has been filed with the California Secretary of State that could potentially see Rep. Eric Swalwell, contending for the Democratic nomination in the governor’s race, thrown off the 2026 ballot. 

The legal case has been brought by California resident, documentarian, and indefatigable investigative reporter Joel Gilbert. Gilbert has been doing yeoman’s work for Gateway Pundit in researching and reporting on Swalwell’s apparent gross misrepresentations in various official documents that are shocking in their brazenness. When considered in light of his aspirations for still higher office, you have to be impressed by Swalwell’s chutzpah, a defining characteristic of politicians on the left. 

As Gilbert has most recently reported, Swalwell has gone to the unusual, and until now inexplicable, length of having Google blur out the image of his current home in Washington, DC – an impressive duplex he had previously proudly posted photos of on social media. Perhaps, Gilbert suggests, Swalwell has taken this step in some delusional effort to obscure the fact that in filling out his mortgage documents for the Washington home, Swalwell listed it as his “primary residence,” despite being a congressional representative from the State of California.  

A “primary” residence confers a lower interest rate on a mortgage loan than it does on a “secondary” residence. As Gilbert points out, if in fact Swalwell has his Washington, DC residence as his “primary” residence, that means he is not domiciled in the State of California, which in turn means that Swalwell is not eligible to run for governor of California.

The California state constitution is very explicit. As Gilbert notes,........

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