CA GOV 2021 - 2022 megathread

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What's the deal with Elder? The guy doesn't have any real qualifications for the job and reading his political positions on Wikipedia page tells me that he's a far-right nutjob. He'd not represent a majority of Californians.

There literally isn't a single politician in the country who represents a majority of their constituents. California will have exceptionally low turnout, but this won't make him an outlier in any real way.

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Former CA Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero (D) endorses Elder.

"Yes, I'm a Democrat. But the recall of Newsom is not about political party. It’s about Newsom. Larry Elder for governor."

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14lGYWA-HVg1pNhLLnEoxAWCHdUMwc4Bf/view

The recall is as much about political party as the olympics are about sports and nationalism

People are strongly underestimating how much this race is about region. The California Democratic Party is really two parties, with the North extremely dominant, and the recall is the only chance the South has right now at reclaiming some power. Some would put up with three years of a useless Republican Governor to get that.

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At this point, I think Newsom will survive by a single-digit margin.

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Results can also be found at the SoS website here: https://electionresults.sos.ca.gov/

Newsom currently at 59% of the vote with 62% in, facing Brian Dahle (R) in Nov.

All other Dems seeking reeletion, including Padilla, have a major lead.

Don't need to tell you who I voted for

Newsom at 56.3% now, Dahle a distant 2nd at 16.8%.

Seems like this is the final number?

If so, Newsom slightly overperformed Jerry Brown in 2014, the first election with the jungle primary and the only other one so far with a Democratic governor running for reelection.

There won't be a final number for weeks.