Alert: Newsom Admits Deep State Has Emergency Options to Change Election If It Looks Like GOP Will Win
By Nick Givas
May 19, 2026 at 2:18pm
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said last week that he has a backup plan if Democrats get locked out of November’s gubernatorial election.
California’s jungle primary system is somewhat unique in that the top two vote-getters advance to the general election despite party affiliation.
This framework, passed over 15 years ago, has consistently benefited Democrats by locking out Republican candidates from federal races. Now that two Republicans are polling well in the governor’s race, Newsom is panicking.
He has yet to endorse a Democrat successor and had the hubris to say “there is a break-the-glass scenario” if Republicans lock out Democrats, adding that “many people that have a deep understanding of what it would look like if Democrats were locked out” will do “everything to make sure that doesn’t happen.”
https://www.westernjournal.com/alert-newsom-admits-deep-state-emergency-options-change-election-looks-like-gop-will-win/
