Newsom Tells Redistricting Donors to Stop Sending Money

“Gov. Gavin Newsom signed onto his regular Zoom call with his political brain trust last Friday as they ticked through the latest developments in the high-stakes redistricting measure headed for a vote next week,” the New York Times reports.

“They were far ahead in the polls. The opposition was mostly off the airwaves. And there was plenty of money in the bank.”

“Then, according to two participants in the call who shared details of the private discussion on condition of anonymity, his senior advisers presented the California governor with a peculiar idea: Stop fund-raising from small donors altogether in the final stretch.”