During any campaign season, voters and nonvoters alike are inundated with ads and text messages and emails begging for money for a political cause or candidate.

That’s been true for California’s special election on redistricting , only called a couple of months ago.

But in a fairly unusual turn of events, Gov. Gavin Newsom , who has spearheaded the campaign in favor of mid-cycle redistricting, had a different message for donors on Tuesday, a week before Election Day: Keep your money.

“We’ve raised enough money to win this campaign,” Newsom said in a video posted on social media on Oct. 28.

“That doesn’t mean we’ve won the campaign, quite the contrary, but we reached our goals, we’ve reached our budget,” Newsom said.

“So please, don’t send any more money to the Yes on 50 campaign

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