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How Newsom defeated the recall: Early leads in suburbs, overwhelming margins in big cities
Out of the more than 9.1 million votes tabulated as of early Wednesday, nearly 64% of voters in California’s recall election were in favor of keeping Gov. Gavin Newsom in office.
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New poll finds Newsom could easily beat recall thanks to motivated Democrats
Poll shows 60.1% of likely voters surveyed oppose recalling Newsom compared to 38.5% in favor of ousting the governor.
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Newsom, Elder sharpen their attacks after poll shows support for recall effort waning
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Republican recall replacement candidate Larry Elder traded accusations on Thursday after a new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California showed support for the recall effort decreasing. Elder is the front-runner among replacement candidates.
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A Democrat takes the stage to clash with Republicans in California recall debate
Democrat Kevin Paffrath joined three Republicans — John Cox, Kevin Faulconer and Kevin Kiley — in a recall debate.
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Big donors helping Newsom fight California recall also have a big wish list in Sacramento
Newsom’s anti-recall campaign raked in more money in its first five months — $54 million — than the $50.2 million his 2018 campaign raised over four years.
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GOP recall candidates vow to roll back Newsom mask, vaccine rules. But can they?
Several of the Republican candidates running to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in the Sept. 14 recall election have vowed to rescind mask and vaccine mandates, with front-runner Larry Elder saying he would use executive authority to do so.
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Newsom’s biggest recall danger: Complacent Democrats who don’t turn out to vote
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s strategy appears two-pronged: Make sure Democrats turn out on Sept. 14, and cast the election as an attack on the state’s progressive values. A poll showed Newsom has a 15-percentage-point lead among all registered voters, but with those most likely to vote in the election, his lead fell to only 3 percentage points.
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Likely California voters now almost evenly split on Newsom recall, poll finds
The findings of the new poll by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies and co-sponsored by the L.A. Times dispel the notion that California’s solid Democratic voter majority will provide an impenetrable shield for Newsom.
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Newsom won’t be listed as a Democrat on recall ballot, judge says
The governor sued California Secretary of State Shirley Weber in late June, asking the court to require her to print his party preference on the recall ballots for the Sept. 14 election.