During an exclusive interview with CBS LA's Tom Wait, Newsom said he'd just read – and agreed with – an open letter from California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks urging candidates to assess their chances at the governorship.
Concerns among party leaders have grown as polling has consistently shown two Republicans at or near the top of California's open primary.
In the same poll, a resounding 30% of likely voters supported other candidates, and 10% still don't know their preferred candidate.
A Newsom endorsement could tilt the race, but as he told Wait on Tuesday, he's not ready to "put [his] thumb" on the scale quite yet.
While California's gubernatorial race will capture nationwide attention, it's far from the only thing on voters' and Newsom's minds in a midterm election year. The governor told Wait on Tuesday that he hopes it's "dawning on everybody what we're up against" as President Trump looks to hang on to his congressional support, as much of it goes up for reelection this year.
Newsom took a victory lap on his Proposition 50 measure, which overwhelmingly passed in California last year and flipped several counties that voted for Mr. Trump in 2024. As a result, the congressional maps for the 2026 elections could add as many as five Democrats to the House of Representatives.
The initiative was first thought of as a rebuttal to efforts made by Mr. Trump and Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott to redraw their congressional maps to add five Republicans to Congress.
Sec. Kristi Noem and the Department of Homeland Security
Now, similar scenes have unfolded in other cities like Washington, D.C., Chicago and most notably Minneapolis, where two U.S. citizens have been killed at the hands of Department of Homeland Security agents.
Newsom told Wait that he supported "going after dangerous and violent criminals," but challenged the validity of what the Trump administration was doing with the deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers into American cities.
The governor said he admired the protests staged in Minnesota in the aftermath of Renee Good and Alex Pretti's killings. Last month, the administration pulled more than 1,000 immigration enforcement agents from the state.
Newsom on Tuesday reiterated his commitment to helping victims of the Palisades and Eaton fires rebuild their lost homes, and said he wants to work with the Trump administration on dispersing federal funds, bridging the significant gap between people's construction budgets and insurance.
Many complaints from the victims have centered around the time it takes to have their building permits approved. Newsom said the state has eliminated as many regulations as it can to expedite the process, and urged local governments, which control permitting, to eliminate all fees.
On the 2028 presidential election
At the end of their 10-minute conversation, Wait asked a final question. "Are you running for president?"
"I had to ask," Wait said.
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