By Austin TurnerFormer Assemblymember Ian Calderon, a member of a prolific family in modern California politics, is entering the crowded race to become California’s next governor, he announced Tuesday. “Not the political extremes holding California back.”Elected to the assembly in 2012, representing District 57 in Los Angeles County, Calderon served as the Assembly Majority Leader from 2016 to 2020. Calderon’s uncles Ron and Tom both had stints in the assembly, with Ron also serving two terms in the state senate from 2006 to 2014. Calderon joins a massive and growing Democratic field for the governorship in 2026 with the impending departure of Gov. Current candidates include former Rep. Katie Porter, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, former mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa, former President pro tempore of the California State Senate Toni Atkins and founder of Diamond Resorts Stephen Cloobeck.