California Gov. Gavin Newsom California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has built a massive digital operation, including large databases of donors and supporters, despite denying that he has presidential ambitions in 2024.
Politico notes that Newsom has used last year’s recall election, in which he defeated an attempt to unseat him, to create a fundraising juggernaut and build a list of emails and addresses unusual for a state official: Newsom has raised $113 million since fighting the recall attempt, including about $20 million through the digital operation. Those are considerable sums for a state official. And they underscore that Newsom has been able to build what few others in the party can lay claim to: a major digital apparatus allowing him to play in 2022 despite mostly staying off the trail until late. Newsom’s online footprint grew considerably in the last year and change. It’s been spearheaded by Tim Tagaris, […]
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