Newsom handily wins recall vote.

[Goonie]

Gavin Newsom will remain California governor after handily defeating recall attempt

Let the accusations of electoral fraud commence........

 

[Pavel Mosko]

Gavin Newsom will remain California governor after handily defeating recall attempt

Let the accusations of electoral fraud commence........

No they won it without a doubt. They did a brilliant job of avoiding the problem of his bad leadership and were able to do a record amount of fund raising and fear mongering to handily keep him in office.

There was an interesting amount of race baiting too. If the shoe was on the other foot, the stories like the one below would have made national headlines.

 

[7thKeeper]

Gavin Newsom will remain California governor after handily defeating recall attempt

Let the accusations of electoral fraud commence........

You're late, they started from the main GOP candidate before the election was even held.

 

[tz620q]

No they won it without a doubt. They did a brilliant job of avoiding the problem of his bad leadership and were able to do a record amount of fund raising and fear mongering to handily keep him in office.

There was an interesting amount of race baiting too. If the shoe was on the other foot, the stories like the one below would have made national headlines.

After they allowed strip clubs to open last year while churches remained closed, I realized that hedonism is the religion of that state.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

After they allowed strip clubs to open last year while churches remained closed, I realized that hedonism is the religion of that state.

It was a legal action against Newsom's Covid mandate. One of the reasons he went through a recall. Let's get that straight.
"Two San Diego strip clubs can remain open and make their own determinations about providing a safe environment for dancers and patrons during the pandemic, a judge ruled Wednesday. The decision dealt a setback to Gov. Gavin Newsom's health order that calls for such establishments to be shuttered."

 

[SimplyMe]

After they allowed strip clubs to open last year while churches remained closed, I realized that hedonism is the religion of that state.

Sounds like it was the judge that allowed strip clubs to open, that you actually want impeached. Who knows, maybe if they'd attempted to impeach the judge for that decision, it would have worked?

 

[essentialsaltes]

While we probably haven't heard the last of Larry Elder as a politician, I can at least hope he does not become the face of the CA GOP. As an outsider and loser, I don't see that he should have much influence with them. On the other hand, it looks like he pulled in close to 50% of the vote in a statewide election (meaningless though it was since the recall failed). The asterisk on that is that the rest of the field was relative nobodies and celebrities.

(I voted Faulconer, the former GOP mayor of San Diego, who at least appeared competent for the job. Currently, he sits at 8.6%, in 3rd just behind Democrat YouTube star Paffrath.)

 

[Albion]

Newsom was expected to win, and he did win.

Whether the racist campaign against Larry Elder had much to do with the outcome is unknown, but I doubt it.

 

[hislegacy]

Larry Elder’s Campaign Slams LA Times Over Photo ‘That Made It Appear’ He Was Slapping White Woman - NewsBreak

 

[hislegacy]

Let the exodus of people from California continue.....

 

[Arcangl86]

While we probably haven't heard the last of Larry Elder as a politician, I can at least hope he does not become the face of the CA GOP. As an outsider and loser, I don't see that he should have much influence with them. On the other hand, it looks like he pulled in close to 50% of the vote in a statewide election (meaningless though it was since the recall failed). The asterisk on that is that the rest of the field was relative nobodies and celebrities.

(I voted Faulconer, the former GOP mayor of San Diego, who at least appeared competent for the job. Currently, he sits at 8.6%, in 3rd just behind Democrat YouTube star Paffrath.)

There were some people in the list like Faulconer that should have been serious candidates, but the person who did the best was a radio host. It's kind of scary.

ETA: I don't know why anybody was surprised Newson won. He's a fairly popular governor in a state that has far more registered Democrats then Republicans.

 

[durangodawood]

Let the exodus of people from California continue.....

Most desirable places dont want em.

 

[mark46]

You're late, they started from the main GOP candidate before the election was even held.

True, he did.

However, he did change his attitude after the loss. Last night, he acknowledged the loss. Presumably, he is planning to run again next year.

 

[Albion]

Last night, he acknowledged the loss. Presumably, he is planning to run again next year.

I have the same hunch you do about Elder running again.

As for the recall, a Democratic voter who didn't think Newsom was doing a good job as Governor and might have voted to recall did not have a real choice of a different Democrat.

It was Newsom or the Republican conservative, Elder (meaning that Elder was far ahead of the other candidates seeking to replace Newsom had the election gone the other way, and this had been widely reported).

One wonders what might have happened if a really strong Democrat had been in the race to be the replacement for Newsom.

 

[Pavel Mosko]

One wonders what might have happened if a really strong Democrat had been in the race to be the replacement for Newsom.

It's funny you say that I recall seeing an interview with the top Democrat on the replacement roster, he gave an interesting talk how he and your average Democrats are cut out of things. It's like having old money only it is part of being part of big city politics and having the right connections in the party and state government.

 

[Sword of the Lord]

Let the exodus of people from California continue.....

No! Many of them are a lot like many of the immigrants we get here. Immigrants come and want to turn the country into the home they just fled from, and Californians leave and push their progressive (regressive) nonsense on their next community.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Let the accusations of electoral fraud commence........

Commence? Where have you been. They were saying this before any votes had even been counted.

The one thing we can say for certain is that Trumpism is not a winning strategy in the Golden State.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Meanwhile, in Looneytoonystan...

 

[GoldenBoy89]

While we probably haven't heard the last of Larry Elder as a politician, I can at least hope he does not become the face of the CA GOP. As an outsider and loser, I don't see that he should have much influence with them. On the other hand, it looks like he pulled in close to 50% of the vote in a statewide election (meaningless though it was since the recall failed). The asterisk on that is that the rest of the field was relative nobodies and celebrities.

(I voted Faulconer, the former GOP mayor of San Diego, who at least appeared competent for the job. Currently, he sits at 8.6%, in 3rd just behind Democrat YouTube star Paffrath.)

Faulconer was the only recall candidate that I could take at all serious, not that I thought he had a chance but he would have been the most bearable replacement I could think of so while I voted NO on recall, I picked him for the possible replacement. The rest of the field was pretty much just a joke, Elder included.

 

[Albion]

There were some people in the list like Faulconer that should have been serious candidates, but the person who did the best was a radio host. It's kind of scary.

The last accounting I could find listed the total number of members of Congress who had previously been radio personalities at seven. Al Franken (D-MN) was probably the best known former radio talk-show host to have made the jump to Congress in recent years.