Gavin Newsom was declared the Democratic frontrunner to win back the White House in 2028 by a column in Politico on Saturday. Politico senior political columnist Jonathan Martin wrote that Newsom has positioned himself over the past two years as the most viable Democratic contender for the presidency.

California state Sen. Scott Wiener and Saikat Chakrabarti, former chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, had already jumped into the race ahead of Pelosi's retirement announcement.

In Los Angeles, in cities across California, and in Democratic communities nationwide, local leaders are tackling the issues that keep Americans up at night: housing, safety, affordability, and opportunity. That’s the message we, as a party, should be sharing face-to-face in our neighborhoods.

Tom Steyer, the billionaire philanthropist and Democratic climate activist who unsuccessfully ran for presidency in 2020, has shaken up the California governor's race with a surprise entry.Alongside Steyer,

As the federal government reopens after the House passed a short-term funding bill Wednesday, Democratic voters across the country reckon with their party's handling of the standoff -- and the fact that in the end, Democrats were not able to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies they shut the government down over in the first place.