The contest to replace Gavin Newsom was already bizarre – now after the downfall of its apparent frontrunner, the state’s Democrats are scramblingDemocrats were already fretting about the California governor’s race – a tangle of candidates with strong résumés but little star power all vyi ng to lead the country’s most populous state – and the world’s fourth largest economy.Then on Sunday, the closest claim the Democrats had to a frontrunner in the unsettled governor’s race, Eric Swalwell, suspended his campaign, amid allegations of sexual assault and misconduct, which the US representative forcefully denied and vowed to fight. On Monday, Swalwell, facing the threat of an expulsion vote, announced he would resign his seat in Congress. Continue reading... ...read more read less