{"id":68084,"date":"2026-03-04T15:21:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/california-democrats-defy-call-from-party-to-abandon-crowded-race-voters-choose-the-next-governor\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:21:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:21:41","slug":"california-democrats-defy-call-from-party-to-abandon-crowded-race-voters-choose-the-next-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/california-democrats-defy-call-from-party-to-abandon-crowded-race-voters-choose-the-next-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"California Democrats defy call from party to abandon crowded race: \u2018Voters choose the next governor\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>State party chair had urged candidates with no \u2018viable path\u2019 to victory to drop out to ensure Democratic win in November<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/mar\/04\/donald-trump-pete-hegseth-iran-james-talarico-primaries-midterms-immigration-minnesota-latest-news-updates\">US politics live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One day after California\u2019s Democratic party urged candidates without a \u201cviable path\u201d in the state\u2019s crucial race for governor to drop out, the crowded field showed no sign of winnowing down.<\/p>\n<p>At least nine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/democrats\">Democrats<\/a> are in the running to replace the outgoing governor, Gavin Newsom, with no clear frontrunner, which has fueled fears that the number of candidates could lead to two Republicans advancing to the November election.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/04\/california-governor-democrats\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State party chair had urged candidates with no \u2018viable path\u2019 to victory to drop out to ensure Democratic win in November US politics live \u2013 latest updates Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox One day after California\u2019s Democratic party urged candidates without a \u201cviable path\u201d in &#8230; <a title=\"California Democrats defy call from party to abandon crowded race: \u2018Voters choose the next governor\u2019\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/california-democrats-defy-call-from-party-to-abandon-crowded-race-voters-choose-the-next-governor\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about California Democrats defy call from party to abandon crowded race: \u2018Voters choose the next governor\u2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}