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Newsom Victorious in California
Governor Gavin Newsom may have survived his recall, but his troubles are far from over.
While he has probably lost his taste for French Laundry- permanently- California Governor Gavin Newsom handily fended off a challenge to his Governorship yesterday amid a high Democrat turnout.
The recall effort generated unexpected enthusiasm from voters in the state, but the chances were never good. Only 24% of the California electorate votes Republican.
So it likely didn’t hurt Newsom’s chances that every registered voter in California was mailed a ballot, whether they requested one or not.
The Newsom campaign also outspent its competition, sometimes by as much as 200 to 1. Newsom had more money than all of his would-be challengers put together. He had the heavyweights of the Democratic Party in his corner; Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden all campaigned for him.
Not to mention the full faith and credit of Hollywood.
Newsom’s closing campaign message, echoed faithfully by the LA Times and all other news outlets aspiring to be the LA Times, was “vote for me…or die,” which proved effective in the end.
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