Brown backs fellow Democrat Newsom for California governor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown said while he's accomplished "a hell of a lot" in eight years, there are plenty of problems left for Gavin Newsom.
"I guarantee you there's four years of work for a very creative, energetic guy," Brown said Wednesday as he came off the sidelines in the race to replace him and threw his full-throated support to the Democratic lieutenant governor.
The pair appeared together at a unity rally featuring Democratic candidates for statewide office, speaking to a crowd consisting primarily of Democratic lawmakers and their aides over the lunch hour in Sacramento.
It was an unsurprising passing of the torch after Newsom was the only Democrat to advance to the November election in last week's primary.