California Democratic Chair Urges Candidates Without Viable Path to Withdraw

How 9 California Democrats could sabotage their party's race for governor

California’s top-two primary system could yield an all-GOP ballot for governor in November if the nine Democrats in the race split the vote.

California Democratic Chair Asks Candidates To Drop Out Of Governor Race

Source: Christina House / Getty For the first time in nearly a decade, there’s a wide-open path to the governor’s office in California as Gov. Gavin Newsom nears the end of his final term. As such, there’s a crowded field of Democrats campaigning to become California’s next governor. While Californians having plenty of options sounds like a good thing on paper, the head of the California Democratic Party is asking candidates to drop out over fea…

State Democrat Party Chair Wants Some Candidates to Drop Out, Worried About GOP Win

YouTube@ABC10 The chair of the California Democrat Party wants candidates to drop out of the governor’s race if they’re low in the polls.  The letter by Rusty Hicks reflects a growing concern in his party that two Republicans could grab the top two spots and therefore guarantee a GOP victory in November. Three Democrats and two Republicans are in a virtual tie for first place in the latest poll.  Multiple Democrats are polling below five percen…

Gov. Gavin Newsom weighs in on California governor race while promoting his book in LA

Gov. Gavin Newsom hasn’t endorsed any candidate running to succeed him. But he does believe members of his own party who are trailing in polls in the race for governor should bow out to give higher-polling Democrats a shot at advancing to the November general election. The termed-out governor offered his opinion during a talk in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, March 4, the same day California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks urged Democratic can…

California Democratic Party leader urges gubernatorial candidates to drop out if race is unviable

Hicks warned that with the state's current primary system, which advances the top two vote-getters regardless of party affiliation, Democrats are risking being locked out of the November ballot, despite California being a solidly blue state.

Democrats in CA governor race asked to drop out if they aren't viable, but no one wants to

California's governor's race is very crowded, and now, the chair of the California Democratic Party is urging struggling candidates to drop out to avoid splitting votes.