at the top of the ballot governor gavin newsom is pulling ahead of his republican challenger, ryan dali. after newsom easily beat back the attempt to recall him after office last fall. pundits have been expecting him to win a second term as governor. proposition one, which would add reproductive rights to california's state constitution is also popular despite opposition from faith-based groups and churches. where are the bigger battles showing up this election? we are joined by part of our kqed politics and government team. and reporter joe fitzgerald rodriguez, thank you both for being here. >> the top issue for californians is the economy beyond a doubt. a recent poll has a 76% of california voters raiding the nation's economy is either not good or poor, another 40% say their own finances are worse off other than one year ago. we have seen significant tech company layoffs. twitter, stripe, lift, plus the federal reserve raising interest. no sign that is slowing down. how are all of these economic concerns playing out? >> there is an issue that republicans are really sort of honing in