California Gov. Gavin Newsom has hit the highway once more, having headed to Florida for the newest cease on his closely hyped guide tour — and what seems to be to be his fifth recognized out-of-state journey this 12 months, in keeping with stories.
The governor touched down in Miami on Friday for a $65 per ticket promotional discuss at Adrienne Arsht Heart for his memoir, “Younger Man in a Hurry,” the place he sat down with Univision anchor Jorge Ramos and his daughter Paola Ramos to but once more shill the self-described “deeply resilient story of id, belonging and the defining moments that formed a life in politics.”
The governor’s final main press splash within the Sunshine State was in 2022, when he launched an advert urging Floridians fed up with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to pack their flip-flops and head west.
“I urge all of you dwelling in Florida to hitch the struggle,” Newsom said within the advert. “Or be part of us in California the place we nonetheless imagine in freedom.”
The Miami journey is just the newest pit cease on Newsom’s intensive journey itinerary this 12 months as he raises his profile forward of an anticipated presidential run.
Whereas the governor’s workplace didn’t verify what number of whole days he’s been out of California in 2026, his outing of state by The Submit’s rely probably quantity to 2 weeks or extra, together with journey time, throughout two long-haul jaunts to Europe and three legs of his guide tour.
“The Governor’s journey consists of official state enterprise, conferences advancing California’s financial and job-creating local weather partnerships, political and private exercise performed in his private capability,” mentioned Newsom’s spokesperson Izzy Gardon.
“In distinction to Donald Trump — who has spent 4.1% of his presidency {golfing} — when the Governor is away from the Capitol, he’s in fixed contact together with his group and continues to work wherever he’s with safe communications to meet his duties.”
A widely-publicized journey to Davos — the place he trolled President Trump and scolded world leaders for cowing to the White Home — that took him away from his day job for 4 or 5 days, together with journey time for the greater than 11-hour trek, between Jan. 19 and Jan. 23.
Weeks later he launched into one other long-haul jaunt to Germany for the Munich Safety Convention, the place appeared on a Feb. 13 local weather panel and claimed credit score for “manufacturing innovation” in America — once more stoking discuss of his broadly anticipated presidential bid.
He rounded out the journey by signing a memorandum of understanding on Feb. 16 in London with the UK associated to wash power earlier than making the 5,300-mile journey again to California.
His guide tour has not-so-subtly taken him by way of key Democratic major states, together with South Carolina, New Hampshire and Nevada.
He kicked off a roughly four-day promotional jaunt with a Feb. 21 cease in Nashville, Tenn., adopted by appearances in Atlanta, Ga., Rock Hill., S.C., and New York.
Earlier this month, he hit up Las Vegas, Nev. and Portsmouth, N.H. for guide occasions on March 4 and March 5, respectively. He additionally reportedly made a cease in Boulder Metropolis, Nev. for a personal occasion on the dwelling of Democratic Get together activist Judy Hoskins.
The governor is providing free copies of his guide with ticket purchases at his occasions — and his group claims the tome has offered some 100,000 copies, topping bestseller lists.
He’s additionally foisted copies of the guide onto marketing campaign donors “of any quantity” as he burnishes his nationwide profile by way of his political motion committee, Marketing campaign for Democracy.
The governor has rebuffed questions on his presidential aspirations, telling The Submit at a press convention final month that it was “too early” to say.
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