Democratic former Rep. Katie Porter (Calif.) is leading the crowded California governor’s race, new polling shows, though most voters are undecided about who should succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).

A new survey from the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) at the University of California, Berkeley, found Porter was the first choice for 17 percent of California voters, ahead of Republican Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s 10 percent and Democratic former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra’s 9 percent.

Each of nine other candidates on both sides of the aisle earned 6 percent or less. In California’s nonpartisan system, the top two candidates move on from the primary to the general election, regardless of party affiliation.

But 38 percent of voters remain undecided in the race, more than twice the share that picked Porter.

“The findings show that there is no clear frontrunner at this early........

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