NYT:

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed onto his regular Zoom call with his political brain trust last Friday as they ticked through the latest developments in the high-stakes redistricting measure headed for a vote next week.

They were far ahead in the polls. The opposition was mostly off the airwaves. And there was plenty of money in the bank.

Then, according to two participants in the call who shared details of the private discussion on condition of anonymity, his senior advisers presented the California governor with an intriguing idea: Stop fund-raising from small donors altogether in the final stretch.

“I love it,” Mr. Newsom declared.

So Mr. Newsom’s political operation did just that on Monday, telling millions of supporters in an email, “You can stop donating now.”…