Gavin Newsom’s Presidential Ambitions Hinge on Kamala Harris’s Defeat

An opinion piece in the Orange County Register suggests that California Governor Gavin Newsom’s chances of becoming president could be significantly boosted if Vice President Kamala Harris loses her re-election bid this November. The article posits that Harris’s potential defeat would open up a path for Newsom to step into the national spotlight and potentially capitalize on the resulting political vacuum. This perspective is based on the assumption that Newsom harbors presidential aspirations, although he has not publicly confirmed such ambitions.