PERSON: Chad Bianco
Employer
Riverside County
Position
Sheriff
Biography
Chad Bianco (born October 8, 1967) is an American law enforcement officer, who has served as sheriff of Riverside County, California since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Bianco has been affiliated with the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association. He is a candidate for governor of California in the 2026 election.
Bianco was first elected Riverside County sheriff in 2018. He was re-elected in 2022 with about 60% of votes for a term set to last until 2028 due to a state law changing sheriff election years to match presidential ones. Bianco has been hosted on Fox News, as well as by Conservative pastors on YouTube channels and podcasts. As of 2023, Bianco’s department had over 3,600 employees and was managing five jails.
In 2020, during the Covid-19 Pandemic, Bianco stated that he would not enforce Coronavirus mandates and did not plan to get vaccinated. He tested positively for the virus in January 2021 with mild symptoms, after which he started quarantining at his home.
In 2022, Riverside County jails registered 18 inmate deaths, the biggest number in 15 years. The spike prompted multiple civil lawsuits against the county’s prison facilities and Bianco himself. In 2023, Bianco’s department was placed under investigation by the California Department of Justice to determine if the organization had “engaged in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional policing amid deeply concerning allegations relating to conditions of confinement in its jail facilities, excessive force, and other misconduct.” In relation to those incidents, Bianco stated that “every single one of these inmate deaths was out of anyone’s control”.
Bianco announced his run for Governor of California in the 2026 California gubernatorial election on February 17, 2025, becoming the first major Republican to enter the race.
On February 21, Bianco attended a press conference in San Diego with Republican leaders to promote State Senate Republican Minority Leader Brian Jones’ proposed bill SB554 to weaken the California Senate Bill 54 of 2017 that limits law enforcement’s ability to cooperate with ICE.
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Bianco was first elected Riverside County sheriff in 2018. He was re-elected in 2022 with about 60% of votes for a term set to last until 2028 due to a state law changing sheriff election years to match presidential ones. Bianco has been hosted on Fox News, as well as by Conservative pastors on YouTube channels and podcasts. As of 2023, Bianco’s department had over 3,600 employees and was managing five jails.
In 2020, during the Covid-19 Pandemic, Bianco stated that he would not enforce Coronavirus mandates and did not plan to get vaccinated. He tested positively for the virus in January 2021 with mild symptoms, after which he started quarantining at his home.
In 2022, Riverside County jails registered 18 inmate deaths, the biggest number in 15 years. The spike prompted multiple civil lawsuits against the county’s prison facilities and Bianco himself. In 2023, Bianco’s department was placed under investigation by the California Department of Justice to determine if the organization had “engaged in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional policing amid deeply concerning allegations relating to conditions of confinement in its jail facilities, excessive force, and other misconduct.” In relation to those incidents, Bianco stated that “every single one of these inmate deaths was out of anyone’s control”.
Bianco announced his run for Governor of California in the 2026 California gubernatorial election on February 17, 2025, becoming the first major Republican to enter the race.
On February 21, Bianco attended a press conference in San Diego with Republican leaders to promote State Senate Republican Minority Leader Brian Jones’ proposed bill SB554 to weaken the California Senate Bill 54 of 2017 that limits law enforcement’s ability to cooperate with ICE.
>> Wikipedia
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