Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Newsom denounced the deal as insufficient, which was brokered by Republicans with support from 8 moderate Democrats. It must pass the House to end the shutdown.

While Newsom pushed Democrats on the shutdown, he is also trying to write his party’s comeback story. “The Democratic Party of old” is no more, he told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union,” arguing that the success of his gerrymander in California is evidence of a Democratic resurgence.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) slammed a Senate deal to end the government shutdown effectively, calling the compromise a Democratic “surrender” and taking aim at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ‘s (D-NY) leadership over the past 40 days.

In a week when the US Democratic Party finally showed some signs of life after a year of flatlining, one man proved he was already the picture of political health: Gavin Newsom."It shows that he can get stuff done,

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said over the weekend that the nationwide redistricting fight was the start of a “resurgence of energy” among Democrats.  “Just the energy that the delegation from

California Governor Gavin Newsom—a likely contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination—accused the group of Senate Democrats who voted with Republicans on a deal that may end the longest federal government shutdown in history of "capitulation" and "betrayal."

Gov. Gavin Newsom will likely parlay his victorious redistricting initiative into an electoral strategy in 2028.

Gavin Newsom has been named Politician of the Year for his successful efforts to counter Trump's attempts to rig the 2026 midterm elections, as well as his leadership in the Democratic Party and his progressive policies.