“He would like to be the nominee in ‘28. Is he succeeding on getting that kind of attention? Yes, he is,” said Willie Brown, a longtime friend and political mentor to Newsom.

In response to a banner overlaying the pair’s conversation, Newsom wrote on X, “Jesse, please stop calling me Daddy. It’s disturbing.”

Shortly after the Texas House passed the maps, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom posted "It's on" on social media. When Texas first launched its redistricting effort, Newsom had vowed to redraw the Golden State's congressional districts to counter ...

Californians had their first chance Tuesday to tell lawmakers how they feel about a partisan plan to win Democrats more U.S. House seats by making a new political map in response to a Republican redi...

“Democrats are over being the nice guy party,” said Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons, who served as Kamala Harris’s communications director in the vice president’s office.