Volume 3 • Issue 19
September 18, 2021
After Winning Recall Election, Newsom Says “Let’s Get Back to Work” Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media
It looks like Gov. Gavin Newsom will remain in the office he won in 2018 after he secured an insurmountable lead in votes counted so far in Tuesday’s gubernatorial recall election.
Several media outlets projected shortly before midnight Tuesday that the attempt to remove Newsom from office failed. About an hour after thanking Californians for keeping him in office,
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Newsom tweeted, “Now, let’s get back to work.” Larry Elder, a conservative Republican Los Angeles-based talk show host, who was the leading candidate vying to remove Newsom from office conceded the race.
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media included the following: Kevin Mullin (D-San Mateo), Assembly Speaker pro Tem tweeted, “A $276 million waste just to reaffirm 2018’s results with an election coming in 2022. The CA recall process must be reformed including elevating the Lt. Guv in the event of a recall. But to avoid partisan power grabs the Governor/LG should be a ticket of the same party (like NY).” Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis wrote, “Thank you California for recognizing that @ GavinNewsom is exactly where he needs to be, in the Governor’s office! His commitment to the people of California is unwavering and I look forward to his continued leadership of our great state!” Rep. Karen Bass (DCA 37) tweeted, “Proud of our governor. Proud of our people. Proud of California.”
A total of 46 candidates were on the ballot to replace Newsom. “Let’s be gracious in defeat,” Elder said after the results started pouring in and it was obvious he had no chance of winning. “We may have lost the battle, but we are going to win the war.” According to preliminary results, just under 65% of the voters have said “no” to recalling Newsom in the special election that is estimated to have cost California taxpayers $276 million. With about 67 % of all votes counted so far, only a little over 35% voted yes on the recall. [Continued on Page 03] Reactions on social
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