California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is expected to visit Fresno County on Thursday to announce new efforts to bolster the state’s economy after Republicans chipped away at Democratic support in California counties this past election cycle.
Earlier this month, Trump won Fresno County by about 4.5 percentage points as exit polls revealed that inflation and immigration were a top issue for voters.
“A lot of people feel like they’re losing their identity or losing their future,” Newsom told The New York Times, who first reported his trip to Fresno as well as Kern and Colusa counties.
“Message received.”
Newsom has been extremely vocal about his concerns with a second Trump administration.
“Though this is not the outcome we wanted, our fight for freedom and opportunity endures,” Newsom wrote in a statement on the social platform X after the results were announced.
“California will seek to work with the incoming president — but let there be no mistake, we intend to stand with states across our nation to defend our Constitution and uphold the rule of law,” he added.
Since then, Newsom has flown to Washington to meet with California’s representatives in Congress to push for legislation that would support federal funds for state measures.
After Vice President Harris’s failed presidential bid, Newsom noted that Democrats need to change the tone of their messaging to reconnect with working class Americans.
“People are being left behind, their regions are being left behind,” the governor told the Times. “We as a party will be history if we don’t heed the call to address the economy.”
