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- In July, the California GOP changed rules governing their 2024 presidential nomination process.
- A candidate earning over 50% of the vote in the primary can now win all the state's 169 delegates.
- After the change, the pro-DeSantis PAC Never Back Down ended its door-knocking outfit in the state, per The Times.
When former President Donald Trump formally entered the Republican presidential race last November, he became the immediate frontrunner.
Nearly a year later, Trump remains the frontrunner, leading by hefty margins in virtually every major national public poll, and while his advantages in key early-voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire have shifted, he hasn't ceded a sizable lead to any of his contenders.