Bloomberg
California’s Governor Race Has Bond Investors Worried
Should Cox advance, he’d likely face a serious challenge going against Newsom or Villaraigosa in the general election, considering that 45 percent of California’s voters are registered Democrats and only 25 percent are Republicans. The other likely pairing is Newsom versus Villaraigosa, and both have yet to show the same level of fiscal discipline as Brown, said Matt Fabian, a partner with research firm Municipal Market Analytics.
“Investors in California have to assume that credit quality could erode,” he said.