Newsom turned the special election into a referendum on his main Republican rival, Larry Elder, a Trump supporter
15 September 2021 - 20:52California governor Gavin Newsom makes an appearance after the polls close on the recall election, at the California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, California, the US, September 14 2021. Picture: REUTERS/FRED GREAVES
About 5.8-million Californians — 63.9% of voters — chose to let him stay in the special election, according to the secretary of state’s unofficial results as of early Wednesday. Newsom captured 62% of the vote when he was first elected in 2018. The governor’s clear victory in the recall makes it less likely he’ll face a high-profile Democratic rival in next year’s primary and it boosts his chances of a decisive re-election in the general vote in November 2022.
Newsom needed more than 50% of voters’ support to keep his job. Had he been recalled, the roughly 46 rivals running to replace him only had to get the most votes to win. Opponent Larry Elder, a conservative talk show host who supports former president Donald Trump, received 46.9% of the vote. The next most-popular candidate, YouTube personality and Democrat Kevin Paffrath, got 9.8%.Elder’s entry into the race two months ago helped crystallise opposition to the recall.
Elder suggested in his concession speech on Tuesday that he would challenge the governor a second time. “We may have lost the battle but we are going to win the war,” Elder said.
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