Gavin Newsom Declines to Run for President . . .

. . . or does he?

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President Joe Biden is greeted by California governor Gavin Newsom, and his family, as he arrives ahead of the ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Calif., June 8, 2022.

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Gavin Newsom will not run for president in 2024. That’s the bold declaration of the California governor himself, as told in uncountable media reports, each of them born of Newsom’s single conversation with Politico’s Jonathan Martin on Election Night in Sacramento.

“I’ve told everyone in the White House, from the chief of staff to the first lady,” the governor reportedly told Martin.

Will Swaim

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Will Swaim

Will Swaim is the CEO of the California Policy Center and, with David L. Bahnsen, a co-host of National Review’s Radio Free California podcast.

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