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Gavin Newsom Rebuilds War Chest

February 2, 2022 at 11:58 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has rebuilt his campaign war chest after last year’s recall election and is now sitting on nearly $25 million and is facing no real competition, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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Gavin Newsom Has the Public Stage to Himself

December 13, 2021 at 11:13 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“After a Republican-led effort to recall him plummeted to defeat in September, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s prospects of gliding into a second term in 2022 appear as golden as the $23 million he has socked away for his reelection campaign,” the Los Angeles Times reports.

“Newsom is all but alone on the public stage with just six months to go before the June statewide primary, a testament to his dominating win in September and perhaps reflective of a postelection hangover among those who tried to oust him. Though a few of the Republicans who tried unsuccessfully to unseat Newsom in the recall said they would consider challenging the governor’s reelection, those opposition campaigns remain dormant for now.”

“At this point in the last race for California governor, the field of candidates was wide and two debates had been staged.”

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Polls Are Closed In California’s Recall Race

September 14, 2021 at 11:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Polls close in California’s recall election at 11 p.m. ET.

New York Times: “Depending on the number of early ballots and the amount of in-person voting on Tuesday, the math could be clear within a few hours of when the polls close, election experts say. But if the race is tighter than expected, weeks could pass while the counting drags on.”

As the votes come in, leave your reaction in the comments.

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Trump Falsely Claims California Recall Is Rigged

September 13, 2021 at 2:07 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former President Donald Trump explicitly and falsely claimed in a statement that the California recall election is rigged.

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Newsom Opens Up Double-Digit Lead Against Recall

September 7, 2021 at 4:24 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

After California’s recall race was a dead-heat just a month ago, the FiveThirtyEight polling average shows Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) opening up a double-digit lead against the effort, 53% to 42.6%.

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Big Majority Oppose Recall of Gavin Newsom

September 2, 2021 at 8:58 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Public Policy Institute of California poll finds just 39% of Californians want to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), while 58% are opposed.

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Gavin Newsom Increasingly Looks Safe

September 1, 2021 at 6:12 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The FiveThirtyEight polling average shows 51.3% of Californians are now opposed to recalling Gov. Gavin Newsom, while 44.9% support a recall.

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Bonus Quote of the Day

August 30, 2021 at 1:26 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I hope to live to see the day when you become president.”

— California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder (R), quoted by the Los Angeles Times in an email to Trump aide Stephen Miller in 2016.

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Ex-Democratic Senate Leader Endorses Elder In Recall

August 26, 2021 at 10:53 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Republican Larry Elder picked up an endorsement from Democrat Gloria Romero, former majority leader of the California State Senate from 2001 to 2008,” Politico reports.

Said Romero: “Our public schools need big change…I believe in charter schools and school choice; so does Larry Elder, but not Gavin Newsom.”

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Could Gavin Newsom Really Be Recalled?

August 23, 2021 at 1:30 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Dan Pfieffer: “This is not a drill. Newsom could absolutely be recalled and California — one of the bluest states in the land — would be governed by a Republican. This is not fearmongering. All the polls show that the recall election is basically a coin flip.”

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Larry Elder Replaces Campaign Manager

August 23, 2021 at 12:17 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “Amid increasing scrutiny over his treatment of women and calls for his withdrawal from the race, California Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder is shaking up his campaign team and hired a new campaign manager.”

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GOP Candidate Waved Gun at Ex-Girlfriend

August 19, 2021 at 8:13 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “Alexandra Datig, the former fiancee and longtime radio producer for California GOP gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder, says she broke off an 18-month engagement with the conservative talk show host in 2015 after he waved a gun at her while high on marijuana.”

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GOP Candidate Served with Subpoena During Debate

August 18, 2021 at 12:09 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

John Cox (R), who is challenging California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in the upcoming state recall election, was served with a subpoena while onstage during a debate Tuesday, CNN reports.

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Newsom Holds Small Lead in Recall Race

August 3, 2021 at 1:39 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Core Decision Analytics poll in California finds Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) leading in the recall race 49% to 42% among likely voters.

Among “definite” voters, Newsom leads 50% to 43%.

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Gavin Newsom Crushing Recall Rivals In Ad Spending

August 2, 2021 at 11:16 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

First Read: “Newsom & Co. have spent $5.9 million in advertising from July 1 to Aug. 2, while Republicans and recall backers have spent just $27,500 during that same time period.”

“And when you look at future ad buys (from Aug. 3 to Sept. 14), Democrats hold a 150-to-1 advantage, $13.3 million to $86,000.”

“Now we expect those GOP ad numbers to increase over the next six weeks. Still, that’s quite a financial disadvantage in this very expensive state.”

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Gavin Newsom Tries to Nationalize Recall Race

July 30, 2021 at 2:44 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

If California Gov. Gavin Newsom is recalled, he predicts the effects would be felt “all across the country” for “many, many years,” arguing that it could boost Republican chances in the 2022 midterms, the Sacramento Bee reports.

Said Newsom: “If this was a successful recall, I think it would have profound consequences nationwide, and go to not just politics, but to policy and policymaking.”

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Caitlyn Jenner Struggles to Gain Traction

May 20, 2021 at 11:18 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Caitlyn Jenner burst into the California gubernatorial race last month to national fanfare, but the early voter reaction in the state suggests she’s struggling to compete with experienced Republican rivals vying to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in a fall recall vote,” Politico reports.

Is she really running? Jenner has done just two interviews and held no public events in the last month.

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Opposition to Recalling Gavin Newsom Grows

May 11, 2021 at 11:11 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new UC Berkeley/Los Angeles Times poll finds just 36% of registered voters in the state said they would vote to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), the same percentage of support found in a survey in late January.

In comparison, 49% of voters oppose removing the governor from office.

However, Democratic voters polled “also overwhelmingly favored having a prominent Democratic replacement candidate on the recall ballot in case Newsom was ousted from office, putting them at odds with efforts by their state party and Newsom’s campaign to prevent that from happening.”

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