Ever since the Sept. 30 deadline for filing quarterly campaign fundraising reports, it’s been obvious that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pet ballot measure, Proposition 50, was going to win by a landslide.

Now it’s become clear that the big margin by which the anti-Donald Trump redistricting plan passed will give Newsom a big leg up on the 2028 presidential campaign he has finally admitted he’s considering.

The win became obvious when the finance reports showed Democrats had donated more than twice as much to pass Prop. 50 as Republicans had donated against it.

That was a sure-fire sign the Republicans had pretty much given up on defeating the proposition. It also meant an end to ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s persuasive anti-50 TV ads and caused Republicans to concentrate their efforts on other

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