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With a Superior Court hearing just days away, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the frontrunner in the California Governor’s race is being called a back-stabber by some prominent people from his hometown of SF. It has to do with Newsom’s State Lands Commission suing SF and the Sierra Club. In an interview with This Golden State’s Randy Shandobil, former mayor Art Agnos calls Newsom a fraud, “a political one-night stand” and accuses him of pay for play.

From unknown congressional newbie four years ago, to power player on the House Intel Cmmte, Eric Swalwell has become a man to watch. In an interview with This Golden State’s Randy Shandobil, Swalwell acknowledges that the investigation into Russia & the Trump Administration has shot up his name ID & opened doors to a possible run for higher office, including the Senate if Dianne Feinstein decides not to run for re-election. He says Trump is behaving as he were guilty, says the investigation could take years and compares it to 9/11 and the JFK assassination.

Republican candidate for California Governor John Cox is conservative & he supports much of President Trump’s anti-sanctuary city/build the wall agenda. Still some of his off-beat proposals could win the support of liberal Democrats. In a feisty interview with This Golden State’s Randy Shandobil, Cox talks about requiring lawmakers to wear the logos of their top donors on their clothing & talks about adding thousands of new legislators to the state legislature as a way to get rid of political corruption. Cox accuses Democrats of playing to anti-Trump paranoia as a way to raise money.

Long shot candidate for California Governor, Delaine Eastin accuses Jerry Brown of taking “children’s piggy bank money” and calls President Trump “a thug” during an interview with This Golden State’s Randy Shandobil. While better known gubernatorial candidates focus on the economy, infrastructure and stalling the Trump agenda, Eastin, the former State Superintendent of Public Education is laser focused on schools, schools, schools.

For four years now, former LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a Democrat, has been out of office, out of mind; not a good launching pad for the 2018 election for governor. So now, in addition to his Democrat advisers, he’s working with two Republican strategists. In an interview with This Golden State’s Randy Shandobil, Villaraigosa talks about how he’ll focus on those Californians who feel left behind economically. When Shandobil reminds Villaraigosa that is sounds like a key part of the Trump campaign, Villaraigosa gets a bit defensive.

His poll numbers are dismal and he is not as TV-friendly or well known as some other candidates, but State Treasurer John Chiang is a man to watch in the 2018 California governor’s race. In an interview with This Golden State’s Randy Shandobil, the state’s banker reveals a maverick side. Wonkish, but defiant at times; he has a history of standing up to power and a backstory filled with discrimination and family tragedy.