When it came down to it, California’s Proposition 50 redistricting was chalked up to a pre-midterm elections referendum on President Donald Trump and his policies.

But that election is over now. Attention has swung to another one that has been percolating in the background: the race for California’s next governor.

That Proposition 50 playbook — for Democrats, it was invoking Trump; for Republicans, it was avoiding the president — could serve as a roadmap for the bevy of candidates hoping to break out in what’s been, thus far, a fairly lackluster gubernatorial campaign. However, experts say simply opposing or embracing Trump won’t be enough in this race.

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