2028 Watch
Democratic field · #1 on the board
Gavin Newsom
California Governor
13% of Gavin Newsom’s news coverage is about running for president.
The other 87% is the day job. We only count the first kind.
Coverage about the race
38 episodes
last 28 days · #1 in the field
Where it airs
82% local
local outlets vs. national shows · last 28 days
Momentum
cooling
57 → 38 episodes vs. the 28 days before
What the coverage said most recently
This week, Gavin Newsom's activities and political positioning were highlighted in the context of the upcoming 2028 presidential election, alongside discussions of his policies on electric vehicles and ongoing scandals related to governance and alleged corruption.
About the race = Episodes our tagger marks as substantively about a candidate’s 2028 prospects — running, primary positioning, endorsements, nomination polling — not their current job, policy fights, or 2024. Tagging is AI-assisted and precision-tuned — it under-counts rather than over-claims. Being on this board is an editorial call about who’s being discussed, not a prediction or an endorsement.
This measures how much of the news audio is about a candidate’s 2028 prospects — not how popular they are, how they’d poll, or who’ll win. It’s a map of the conversation, not a forecast. Data through Aug 25, 2026.