On March 8, 2018, Silicon Valley Community Foundation and NBC Bay Area announced “Decision 2018: The Race for Governor,” a debate among major candidates running for California governor, which will take place on Tuesday, May 8.

To determine the participating candidates for the May 8 debate, two polls were conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California and one poll was conducted by Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The results of those polls are detailed in the graph below.

No poll results were released during March 9 and April 16 by the Public Policy Institute of California, University of Southern California Dornsife and Los Angeles Times, University of California at Berkeley and Institute for Government Studies.

Based on the averages of the three statewide, independent polls conducted by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation and the Public Policy Institute of California, Silicon Valley Community Foundation and NBC Bay Area have invited candidates polling above five percent to participate in the May 8 debate. These candidates are Travis Allen, John Chiang, John Cox, Delaine Eastin, Gavin Newsom and Antonio Villaraigosa.