Caitlyn Jenner files paperwork to run for California governor as GOP candidate By Aaron Navarro, Adam Brewster, Ed O'Keefe Updated on: April 23, 2021 / 1:02 PM / CBS News Former Olympic athlete and transgender reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner announced on Friday that she has filed the initial paperwork to run for governor of California as a Republican. Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is likely to face a recall election later this year. "For the past decade we have seen the glimmer of the Golden State reduced by one-party rule that places politics over progress and special interests over people," Jenner, 71, said in a statement. "I am a proven winner and the only outsider who can put an end to Gavin Newsom's disastrous time as governor."