"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."
"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."
Matt Mahan's entry likely completes the field of contenders to succeed Governor Gavin Newsom, though the field may shrink as weaker candidates lose financial and media support. Polling precision and donor commitments should clarify who has viable paths to the June top-two primary and the November runoff. Several Democrats still have outside chances to reach the runoff. Mahan has been a notably harsh critic of Newsom, explicitly linking the governor to state problems and contrasting Newsom's focus on national politics with persistent issues like unemployment, housing shortages and high utility bills.
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