Tethered to Trump, California's GOP hopes for a comeback in solidly blue state
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - After crushing losses and a steep slide in voter registration, California Republicans gathered this weekend in the desert, hoping to plot a path back to relevancy in a state where shifting demographics and President Donald Trump's low approval numbers are continual challenges.
The convention, held at a Coachella Valley resort, featured a schedule that seemed to take a page from the Democrats' 2018 playbook, with training sessions on registering voters, collecting ballots and engaging Latinos, blacks and millennials - all groups with whom Trump is unpopular. Behind the programming was Jessica Patterson, the first woman to chair the party, a Latina and millennial who promised to make the organization more inclusive and broaden its membership.
But Patterson's goals could be a tall order for a party
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