An Interview With Chad Bianco -- Gubernatorial Candidate and San Bernardino County Sheriff

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🎙️ This Week on the So, Does It Matter? Podcast — Sheriff Chad Bianco, Candidate for Governor of California

Welcome back to So, Does It Matter? The Podcast — where we sit down with the people who want to change the trajectory of California. I’m Jon Fleischman, publisher of So Does It Matter, and today’s guest is someone who has become one of the most recognizable and unapologetic law-and-order voices in the state: Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, now running for governor.

Sheriff Bianco has built his reputation on plain talk and firm convictions — a no-nonsense approach to public safety, accountability, and restoring basic sanity in a state that too often rewards the opposite. Whether pushing back against Sacramento’s soft-on-crime agenda or calling out the bureaucratic culture that handcuffs law enforcement, he has never been shy about saying exactly what he thinks.

In our conversation, we dig into why he’s running, how he believes California has “lost its backbone,” and what it would take to bring real law and order back to the Golden State. It’s a candid, energetic discussion — and one that gives voters a clear sense of who Chad Bianco is and what he’d do as governor.

🎥 Watch the whole conversation above — and find the video and podcast players below.

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Links mentioned in the show…

Bianco For Governor Official Website

Sheriff Bianco on X

Another Interview…

Here’s a Fox40 Interview with Bianco if our interview above wasn’t enough!

Podcast With Steve Hilton

The Other Republican! Two weeks ago we featured a podcast with Steve Hilton, the other prominent Republican running for Governor. If you missed that you can catch that here.

One More Thing…

Below the paywall, you’ll find One More Thing — Sheriff Bianco shares a great story about how he partnered with a famous television show to catch a lot of bad guys…

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