For those of you who missed Tim Donnelly's launch video this week, the tea party favorite and Second Amendment stalwart has made it official and entered the gubernatorial race. Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Twin Peaks announces he's running for California Governor, in Baldwin Park, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Donnelly is expected to become the latest Republican to announce his 2014 bid for California governor, despite the seemingly unstoppable money and machinery behind incumbent Gov.