Dems terrified as wealthy new players flex financial muscle in California politics: ‘The alarm bells should be on for all of us’

Tamara Ceaikovski

California Democrats are reportedly freaking out as a flood of new political spending by the state’s wealthiest threatens to upend the status quo in the deep-blue state, where Dems have enjoyed a supermajority in the state Legislature for years. “It scares the s**t out of me,” Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal said at an event promoting kids’ online safety, according to Politico. “The alarm bells should be on for all of us. I’m trying to raise them as best as I can,” he added, fretting that the