Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) spent much of the past year trying to establish himself as the Democrat most willing to take the fight directly to President Donald Trump.

He campaigned across the country, raised money for Democratic candidates in the South and Northeast, waged a messaging war with the White House, and orchestrated a California redistricting gamble that helped his party reclaim Congress.

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