{"id":2358549,"date":"2024-10-23T18:56:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T22:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-democrats-avoid-newsom-on-campaign-trail-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T19:01:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T23:01:46","slug":"california-democrats-avoid-newsom-on-campaign-trail-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-democrats-avoid-newsom-on-campaign-trail-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"California Democrats avoid Newsom on campaign trail &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-democrats-avoid-newsom-on-campaign-trail-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2358549&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>California\u2062 Democrats are distancing themselves from Governor\u200b Gavin Newsom on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-did-harris-call-biden-or-play-a-recording-she-might-have-made-a-brutal-slip-up\/\" title=\"Watch: Did Harris Call Biden or Play a Recording? She Might Have Made a Brutal Slip-Up\">campaign trail amid<\/a> his declining approval \u200bratings,\u200c particularly in the Central Valley\u200d region. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/infighting-democrats-fuming-over-midterm-strategy\/\" title=\"Infighting: Democrats Fuming over Midterm Strategy\">election day approaches<\/a>, key Democratic candidates, including Rudy Salas and Adam Gray, are avoiding campaigns with Newsom, even as he actively supports\u2064 other Democrats \u200clike \u200cPresident Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.\u2062 A recent analysis highlights that Newsom&#8217;s dismal popularity, with 57% disapproval among\u2063 Central Valley residents, \u2064is influencing these\u2062 candidates&#8217; strategies. Salas is in \u2064a competitive race against Republican David Valadao, while Gray is challenging incumbent Rep. John Duarte.\u2064 Political experts note that Newsom&#8217;s presence is not\u2064 seen\u2063 as an \u200dadvantage for these Democrats, who \u2063are more focused on local issues such as crime and the \u200deconomy where\u200d Newsom&#8217;s performance has drawn \u200ccriticism.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">California Democrats avoid Newsom on campaign trail amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stinging-like-a-bee-which-2024-third-party-candidate-most-threatens-bidens-bid\/\" title=\"Which third-party candidate poses the biggest threat to Biden&#039;s bid in 2024?\">high disapproval ratings<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1838580\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>California<\/a> Democrats fighting to oust vulnerable Republican congressional incumbents from the House of Representatives are distancing themselves from Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While Newsom has stumped extensively for top Democrats including President Joe Biden and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/newsom-calls-harris-next-generation-of-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a>, two Democrats challenging vulnerable Republican incumbents in critical Central Valley races have done little to no campaigning alongside California&rsquo;s Democratic chief, per an analysis by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/california-elections\/article294019359.html?tbref=hp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Sacramento Bee<\/em><\/a>. Coming under two weeks before Election Day, the report indicates Newsom&rsquo;s California colleagues have moved to disassociate themself from Newsom as he holds <a href=\"https:\/\/elections2024.thehill.com\/national\/newsom-favorability-rating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>particularly high disapproval ratings<\/a> in California&rsquo;s Central Valley region.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Knocking Central Valley Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) out of office is critical to any hopes the Democrats hold of ousting the GOP from the majority in the lower chamber. The latest polls show Valadao in a dead heat with Democratic challenger Rudy Salas to win the 22nd Congressional District&rsquo;s race with Election Day under two weeks away. This marks the second time the two have faced off after Valadao beat Salas during the 2022 elections.<\/p>\n<p>But though he has endorsed Salas, Newsom hasn&rsquo;t appeared alongside the congressional hopeful since March, days before California held the Democratic Party&rsquo;s primary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Democratic candidate Adam Gray has once again cornered Central Valley Rep. John Duarte (D-CA) into one of the closest congressional battles in the country. However, Gray hasn&rsquo;t campaigned with Newsom even once this year. A vulnerable freshman lawmaker, Duarte also faced off against Gray during the 2022 election cycle, ultimately clinching the House seat by just 564 votes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Democratic Assembly members Adam Gray and Jacqui Irwin of Thousand Oaks discuss legislation at the Capitol in Sacramento, California, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo\/Rich Pedroncelli, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The two Democrats&rsquo; move to distance themselves from Newsom comes as a Public Policy Institute of California poll released last month showed 57% of Central Valley respondents disapproved of Newsom. As many <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">residents express widespread dissatisfaction<\/a> with Newsom&rsquo;s job performance on crime and the economy, only 36% of voters expressed trust always or most of the time in the state government.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tom Holyoke, a political science professor at California State University, Fresno, said he didn&rsquo;t see Newsom as &ldquo;much of a boost&rdquo; in comments to the <em>Sacramento Bee<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Most Valley Democrats, I don&rsquo;t think they love them particularly. They don&rsquo;t hate him either. But I don&rsquo;t think they really embrace him,&rdquo; he noted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The people who would be most motivated by a Gavin Newsom ad are Democrats who are already going to vote for Adam Gray or Rudy Salas,&rdquo; Holyoke added. &ldquo;The undecided voters, the unmotivated voters there, they&rsquo;re not going to be stimulated by Newsom.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Republicans are hitting back on Salas&rsquo;s apparent attempt to distance himself from the unpopular governor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Reminder: Salas said &lsquo;I&rsquo;m thankful&rsquo; for Newsom, claimed &lsquo;he&rsquo;s done a lot of good things. I&rsquo;m saying nothing but great things about you,&rsquo; and called Newsom a &lsquo;champion&rsquo; who will &lsquo;help us control the U.S. House of Representatives,&rdquo; the National Republican Congressional Committee, which operates as the House GOP&rsquo;s campaign arm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrcc.org\/2024\/10\/23\/rudy-salas-gavin-newsom-playing-hide-and-seek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a press release Wednesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1838580\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1838580\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Democrats distance from Newsom amid disapproval ratings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2358551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Gavin-Newsom.-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4045,33933,3685,3678],"class_list":["post-2358549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-california","tag-campaign-trail","tag-democrats","tag-newsom"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Gavin-Newsom.-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2358549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2358551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2358549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2358549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2358549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}