The buzz around Castro Valley-based U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell possibly jumping into a packed California’s governor’s race has grown to a fever pitch this week, with allies posting – and quickly removing – a fundraising page this past Sunday, and the legislator booking an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Thursday night.

Whether the East Bay representative finds success in what UC Berkeley Political Communications Professor Dan Schnur calls the most “wide-open race for the governor’s office in 50 years” will be determined by how much attention Swalwell can garner by framing himself as the most anti-Trump candidate, Schnur said.

“Gavin Newsom very effectively demonstrated during the Prop. 50 campaign that disliking Donald Trump is the most unifying principle that California Democrats pos

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