As the filing deadline hits today for candidates running for governor of California, few contenders are heeding the plea from state Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks urging weaker candidates to step aside. Scott, Marisa and Politico’s California Bureau Chief and Playbook Co-Author Melanie Mason discuss the growing concern that a packed Democratic field could split the vote and hand the November runoff to two Republicans.
Plus, they talk about Democrats’ shifting positions on the Middle East, as Governor Gavin Newsom this week compared Israel’s leadership to an apartheid regime and questioned continued U.S. military support for the Netanyahu government.
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