text:  She has less baggage than Gavin Newsom. Everybody says Gavin Newsom. Gavin Newsom has the name recognition, there's no doubt. But Gretchen Whitmer's popular too, and Democrats like her a lot. She doesn't have the baggage that Gavin Newsom has. Gretchen Whitmer wasn't slaughtered on a stage next to Ron DeSantis, who lost to Trump. Gavin Newsom what? His wife literally threw in the towel.