Mark Z. Barabak: Will Republicans ever be relevant again in California? Probably. But first...
Barring something extraordinary, like, say, being caught on videotape dynamiting the Golden Gate Bridge, Gavin Newsom will be reelected as California governor in November.
And even if Newsom were to be jailed and convicted of such a nefarious assault on the Bay Area landmark, it is virtually certain he'd be succeeded by one or another of his fellow Democrats.
It's been a decade-and-a-half since a Republican won statewide office in California and more than a quarter of a century since the once-dominant GOP controlled the Capitol.
