Gavin Newsom is having a moment. In the national struggle over U.S. House control, perhaps no politician has more at stake than the California governor, who has emerged as the leading Democratic adversary to President Donald Trump in what many see as a lightly masked trial run for his own future White House bid.

The California governor is adopting a combative social-media persona as well as partisan gerrymandering to counter the president.

Gavin Newsom’s plan to temporarily redraw California’s congressional districts has more support than opposition — but with many voters undecided, the measure’s prospects remain uncertain, a new poll found.

According to Race To The White House, an aggregate polling tracker, Newsom currently leads the polls for the 2028 Democratic primary race in two states—his home state of California (23.2 percent) and Ohio (20 percent). He is leading upward of 5 percent ahead of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in both.

Gavin Newsom is most likely to be the 2028 Democratic nominee for president. Republicans should prepare for that possibility.

This will be an intense campaign with both sides spending tens of millions to try to move those undecided voters.”

"Real Time" host Bill Maher is praising California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, for his shady X posts aimed at President Donald Trump.

Comedian Bill Maher applauded California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday for "trolling" President Donald Trump on social media. "I’ve never seen a Democrat do this," Maher told his "Real Time" panel. "I think it’s very funny.