Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari is greeted by a supporter after delivering a speech to delegates at the California Republican Convention at the LAX Marriott on Sept. 21. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari speaks to delegates at the California Republican Convention. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Neel Kashkari is greeted by a supporter. (Luis Sinco/ Los Angeles Times)
Neel Kashkari speaks to delegates. He urged the party to reach beyond conservatives. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A delegate finds his seat at the California Republican Convention. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Beatrice Jett, left, of the 54th Central Republican Committee, chats with Amir Zendehnam, secretary of the Republican Liberty Caucus of L.A. County, and Noah Johnson, treasurer of the Republican Liberty Caucus of L.A. County, at the California GOP convention at a hotel near LAX. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Luke Bauman, right, a member of the Sacramento State College Republicans, listens to Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky speak at the California Republican Party convention. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky speaks at the California Republican Party convention in Los Angeles. “If we want to win again, we’ve got to be a bigger, better, bolder party,” he said. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Margriet and Eugene Lewis of Mojave raise their hands in prayer during Senate Republican leader Bob Huff’s invocation before Sen. Rand Paul’s address. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari, right, speaks with Leonard Lanzi at the California GOP convention. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Rancher Debbie Bacigalupi, center, dressed in a pig costume, carries a “No More Environmental Pork” sign in protest of Proposition 1, a $7.5-billion water bond measure. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
