He's fallen into one of the most dangerous traps for a statewide Republican candidate, and that is to become the captive of the Republican base, which is far, far to the right of the average voter in California.

This is a very serious campaign violation, and we are urging the appropriate authorities to investigate and take action immediately before this front group has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to buy this Assembly race for the candidate of Sacramento insiders.

Our campaign has been extraordinarily aggressive early.

It's a dense city built of 150-year-old wood, and these fires engulf structures very, very quickly. It's not just an issue of minutes that matter in response; seconds matter. These brownouts have affected response times.

There are people all over this nation who want to participate in what Gavin is trying to do -- to have a more progressive, aggressive, creative Democratic Party.

I think he's the most competitive Republican.