UPDATE: Gavin Newsom projected to defeat John Cox to become California governor
#BREAKING Gavin Newsom projected to defeat John Cox to become California governorhttps://t.co/cxkDhQYdwJ
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) November 7, 2018
Results expected around 11:00 PM EST. You can view live updates above. We will also have a backup live results link at the bottom of this story in case the above unit has an technical errors.
A Democratic heavyweight faces a Republican businessman who’s never held elected office in Tuesday’s race for California governor, which will determine the future of the state’s aggressive resistance to President Donald Trump.
Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is strongly favored over Republican John Cox in a state where the GOP has 3.8 million fewer registered voters.
The job is open because Democrat Jerry Brown is termed out. The 80-year-old Brown has been governor for 16 years, first from 1975 to 1983 and then again starting in 2011 after completing a remarkable political comeback.
Elsewhere in California, Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is favored to win re-election at age 85 and Democrats are seeking to win as many as seven GOP U.S. House seats as they try to retake control of Congress. A ballot initiative to reverse a gas tax hike backed by Brown is a rallying cry as Republicans seek a way to stay relevant in a state where Democrats control all the levers of power. – READ MORE