California’s governor stays loyal as a surrogate for the president, but experts see that he continues to position himself in the national spotlight.
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters in the spin room following the CNN Presidential Debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump at the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. President Biden and former President Trump are faced off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign.
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters in the spin room following the CNN Presidential Debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump at the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. President Biden and former President Trump are faced off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign.
“It’s been an open secret for a long time that poised” to advance his political career, said Matt Lesenyie, a Cal State Long Beach professor and expert in California politics.The former San Francisco mayor, who exudes a certain confidence, is used to waiting his political turn, so to speak.Newsom needs to remain loyal to the president, especially as his surrogate, especially as Biden still leads the Democratic Party.
“Newsom’s public strategy will be unchanged. He’ll be dutiful,” he said. “I expect him to do that perpetually, but behind closed doors, his people will be twisting the arms of delegates, perhaps talking to Joe or .” He pointed to three other governors — Roy Cooper in North Carolina, Josh Shapiro in Pennsylvania and Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan — as alternatives who should be considered to lead the ticket, at some point.
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