Overview
- The campaign plans 10 ads across TV and digital this week, debuting first on Newsom’s social media, with additional spots featuring Newsom and Sen. Alex Padilla.
- One ad likens President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler and alleges he follows a dictator’s playbook with warrantless arrests and attacks on the press and universities.
- Proposition 50 would replace the independent commission’s 2021 congressional lines with Democratic-drawn maps for 2026, 2028 and 2030 before the commission resumes after the 2030 Census.
- Newsom’s committee reports nearly $16 million raised, led by House Majority PAC ($3.5 million), the California Teachers Association ($3 million) and Reed Hastings ($2 million), with Newsom transferring $2 million from his 2022 account.
- Opposition is bankrolled largely by Charles Munger Jr., who has given more than $20 million, while Common Cause and the League of Women Voters of California have withdrawn earlier objections.