Capitol Weekly’s Top 100: Lindsey Cobia

30. Lindsey Cobia

Lindsey Cobia has been described as Gov. Newsom’s “Swiss army knife,” involved in basically all manner of political decisions the governor makes. But as Newsom this year took on an even bigger national profile, her role as the executive director of the governor’s Campaign for Democracy PAC may have made her even more influential. Cobia orchestrates the PAC’s high-profile efforts to push back against conservative agendas in red states, a campaign that Newsom has embraced with the zeal of a true believer. It’s precisely these efforts that previous to July 21st led some in the Democratic party to view Newsom and not his old pal Kamala Harris as the person best suited to replace Joe Biden should he falter in the 2024 presidential campaign. But with Harris now the presumptive Democratic nominee (as of this writing) and Newsom having given her his endorsement, Cobia will be even busier guiding her boss’s efforts to support the Democratic ticket here, there and everywhere.

Updated Aug. 7, 2024