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Fox News contributor blasts the California gubernatorial candidate's plan to give free health care to illegal immigrants. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) — California could very well determine the question of whether the Democrats can retake control of the House of Representatives in 2019. They need to flip 23 seats nationally in order to pull that off, and nine of those seats are being targeted in the Golden State -- most of them in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties. Recent financial reports indicate strong fundraising by Democratic candidates in those races. But money, although important, is not the same as voter turnout. Jerry Brown last year. Having a means to spur the Republican base to turn out is especially important this year, since voters are typically prompted to show up by drama at the top of the ticket. Lawmakers who voted for it, along with Brown, say revenues from those tax increases are critically important to addressing a huge backlog of repairs for the state’s highways, roads and bridges. Opponents say the state should pay for its road repair projects from the existing state budget. Brown has been raising money to defend the gas tax. Author Kevin Riggs is an Emmy-winning former political reporter for KCRA-TV.

Outside Lands is known for its world-famous music headliners, food and drink vendors and foggy, chilly weather. But this year, the San Francisco festival added another new element: politics. California gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom appeared Saturday, Aug. 11, on the Barbary stage as part of a new talk series called D.A.V.E., for Discussions About Virtually Everything. Newsom, currently California lieutenant governor and a former San Francisco mayor, talked with Wired magazine co-founder John Battelle about state issues such as the homelessness and housing crises, sanctuary cities, the water shortage and education. The talk felt like a restrained campaign rally at times, with the crowd of supporters cheering as Newsom touted California’s robust economy and counterweight against President Trump. “I’m not just running to be the head of the resistance. But Newsom was quick to point out that there’s “not a chance” that he would run for president in 2020. He added that there has been too much focus on the presidential races and not enough turnout in local races, which has led to the Democratic Party’s decline on the local level. On a lighter note, he said his music idol is Peter Gabriel, the English former frontman of Genesis. He also has been listening to Kanye West and said he was looking forward to Saturday headliner Florence + the Machine, as well as DJ Snake.

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Gavin Newsom, the favorite of the California Democratic Party's core liberal base, coasted to a first-place finish in Tuesday's primary election for governor and faces a November showdown with John Cox, a multimillionaire Republican hitched to the far-right policies of President Trump. After a five-year hiatus from political office, Villaraigosa hoped to recapture the magic that led to his two terms as mayor of Los Angeles, but failed to stitch together support from enough Latinos, moderates and lower-income Californians to finish in the top two. Cox declared a second-place victory Tuesday night and wasted no time blasting Newsom and the Democratic Party for California leading the nation in poverty, and government regulations that he said have made homes unaffordable, leading to an explosion of homelessness. Newsom, you've had eight years, and your party has made a colossal mess of this once golden state,” Cox told supporters at an election night party held at the U.S. Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego. “California’s vision and America’s values are one and the same,” Newsom said. In the run-up to election day, Newsom's campaign made a brazen effort to tilt the primary to its advantage by attacking Cox in ads and on the campaign trail as Trump’s handpicked favorite and a rabid gun-rights supporter. The tactic was seen as a transparent attempt to elevate Cox among California conservatives so he would have enough Republican support to finish in the top two, squeezing out a more formidable Democrat. He first entered the race in February 2015, more than a year before any of the other major candidates, and has topped the field in fundraising with tens of millions of dollars. The candidates running for governor and their allies spent more than $75 million on efforts to persuade voters before Tuesday’s primary. As of Sunday, these groups had spent more than $34.4 million.