Half a dozen California Democrats in tight congressional races are backing a ballot measure that strengthens some crime penalties despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) opposition to the proposal. 

Adam Gray, Derek Tran, Will Rollins, Rudy Salas, and Joe Kerr are Democratic hopefuls battling to oust Republican incumbents in swing districts. Democratic state Sen. Dave Min is vying with Republican Scott Baugh to win an open seat in the state’s 47th Congressional District. A new analysis from the Los Angeles Times reported that ahead of Election Day, all six of them are backing Proposition 36, the tough-on-crime ballot measure that Newsom has ridiculed as “a real setback.”