Gavin Newsom has spent his career challenging people to think bigger. As San Francisco mayor, he made the city the first to legalize same-sex marriage, a move that sparked a national movement. As governor, he’s transformed California into America’s laboratory for progressive policy and proved it can work.

Under Newsom’s leadership, California became the world’s fourth-largest economy while leading the nation on climate action, passing universal healthcare for children, and creating hundreds of thousands of clean energy jobs. He protected abortion access as other states banned it, took on the gun lobby, and invested billions in homelessness solutions.

Newsom isn’t afraid of big fights or bold ideas. He challenged Ron DeSantis to a debate, launched a campaign to enshrine reproductive rights in California’s constitution, and keeps pushing his own party to meet the moment.