Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) may not have announced a 2028 campaign yet, but California activists and interest groups are already treating him like a presidential candidate — and increasingly taking their fights with him beyond the state’s borders.
With Newsom entering the final months of his governorship, groups battling him over labor, artificial intelligence, transportation funding, and business regulation are finding a new pressure point: his national political ambitions. Rather than lobby the governor in Sacramento, some are deliberately taking their attacks to states Newsom is likely to need if he seeks the White House.
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