"With the not-unexpected entry of San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, the large field of candidates to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom is probably complete and could very well shrink again. The run-up to this moment has been the oddest gubernatorial election process in modern history with potential candidates serially dropping in and dropping out. Until Mahan's announcement on Thursday, there were eight other Democrats not counting the obscure vanity runners and two Republicans in contention."
"Back to Mahan. One of the most interesting things about the San Jose mayor is that he's been a fairly harsh critic of Newsom. Until now, billionaire Tom Steyer has been the only Democratic hopeful to sharply criticize the state's governance shortcomings, but he's never explicitly linked Newsom to the state's most obvious problems, such as housing shortages and high utility bills. Mahan has been much more specific."
"Last August, in a commentary for the San Francisco Standard, Mahan excoriated Newsom for spending so much time positioning himself as a foe of President Donald Trump, rather than dealing with California issues. Gov. Newsom's supporters say he is breaking the internet' and owning' Trump, Mahan wrote. But the governor, and every elected official and leader, also need to own up to the truth."
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has entered the California governor’s race, likely completing the large candidate field and setting the stage for consolidation. Polling will tighten, major donors will commit, and low-polling candidates will lose visibility and resources ahead of the June top-two primary. A half-dozen Democrats retain at least outside chances of reaching the November runoff. Mahan has positioned himself as a pointed critic of Governor Gavin Newsom, explicitly tying Newsom to problems such as housing shortages, high utility bills, high unemployment and homelessness. Mahan argued that Newsom focuses on opposing Donald Trump instead of addressing California’s pressing issues.
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