{"id":753342,"date":"2021-09-15T00:05:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T04:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=753342"},"modified":"2021-09-15T00:05:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T04:05:26","slug":"newsom-sails-past-republican-recall-will-remain-californias-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-sails-past-republican-recall-will-remain-californias-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom Sails Past Republican Recall, Will Remain California\u2019s Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewsom-sails-past-republican-recall-will-remain-californias-governor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=753342&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><ul>\n<li><strong>Gov. Gavin Newsom won California\u2019s recall election Tuesday, capitalizing on late momentum and sailing past the field of Republicans looking to oust him in what was considered a neck-and-neck race just weeks ago.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Newsom, first elected in 2018, survived the GOP recall effort with just over two-thirds of voters opting to keep him in office.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Newsom was aided by Biden, who campaigned alongside him Monday and compared Elder to former President Donald Trump, who is deeply unpopular in the state.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom won California\u2019s recall election Tuesday, capitalizing on late momentum and sailing past the field of Republicans looking to oust him in what was considered a neck-and-neck race just weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom, first elected in 2018, survived the GOP recall effort with just over two-thirds of voters opting to keep him in office, according to initial results when the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_Politics\/status\/1437986473572249602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a> called the race. Of the approximately 33% voters who chose to recall him, nearly 43% selected conservative radio host Larry Elder as their preferred candidate when the race was declared.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom\u2019s win is the most consequential for Democrats since Georgia\u2019s twin Senate runoffs in January, which gave them 50 seats majorities in both chambers of Congress as a result. As the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/24\/democrats-fear-turnout-flop-newsom-recall-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recall grew closer<\/a> and Elder surged to the top of the Republican field, Democrats again turned to the Senate; if Newsom were ousted, they warned, then any Republican would have the power to appoint a successor to 88-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the oldest senator in Congress, potentially costing them a majority and derailing President Joe Biden\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Polls showed those supporting Newsom leading those wanting to recall him by <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/california-recall-polls\/?cid=rrpromo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">just 0.2%<\/a> as recently as Aug. 11, as COVID-19 cases again surged and wildfires continued to ravage the state. But as Elder became the race\u2019s clear Republican frontrunner over candidates ranging from former San Diego Kevin Faulconer to Caitlyn Jenner, scandals and accusations soon followed.<\/p>\n<p>His ex-fianc\u00e9e <a href=\"https:\/\/losangeles.cbslocal.com\/2021\/08\/19\/larry-elder-abuse-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accused<\/a> him of domestic violence a week after Newsom began to regain his polling lead, and after Elder acknowledged that he was accused of sexual harassment, he denied it by implying the woman was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/09\/02\/politics\/kfile-larry-elder-sexual-harassment-allegations\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unattractive<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/08\/dangerous-him-arnold-schwarzenegger-reveals-thoughts-gavin-newsoms-recall-chances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Arnold Schwarzenegger Reveals His Thoughts On Gavin Newsom\u2019s Recall Chances)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7282692\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7282692\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7282692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235237997-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235237997-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235237997-188x120.jpg 188w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235237997-620x395.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235237997-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235237997-1536x979.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235237997-2048x1306.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7282692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Elder campaigns in Monterey Park, California on Monday. (FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Newsom also capitalized on Elder\u2019s previous political stances, including his support for eliminating the minimum wage and restricting abortion access, labeling them as antithetical to the positions of the majority of California voters. He tied Elder\u2019s position on abortion to Texas\u2019 new law which severely limits access to the procedure, even <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/1433214641979625476\">warning<\/a> that California could transform into the Lone Star State if the recall succeeded.<\/p>\n<p>As Democratic enthusiasm began to increase, Newsom attacked Elder over his <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/09\/larry-elder-gavin-newsom-vaccine-mandate-campaign-rally\/\">opposition<\/a> to vaccine mandates, warning that such policies could lead to the recent case surges witnessed in other Republican states.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom was aided by Biden, who <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/13\/joe-biden-gavin-newsom-recall-election-larry-elder-trump-clone\/\">campaigned alongside him<\/a> Monday and compared Elder to former President Donald Trump, who is deeply unpopular in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, the leading Republican running for governor is the closest thing to a Trump clone that I have ever seen,\u201d Biden said. \u201cNo, I really mean it. And he\u2019s leading the other team.\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/13\/once-close-race-gavin-newsom-clear-favorite-one-day-from-california-recall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: Once A Close Race, Newsom Emerges As The Clear Favorite In California Recall)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7282693\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7282693\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7282693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235242392-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235242392-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235242392-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235242392-620x414.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235242392-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235242392-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235242392-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7282693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden campaigns Monday for Newsom in Long Beach, California. (David McNew\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even before Newsom\u2019s double-digit win in a state that Biden won by nearly 30 points last November, several Republicans baselessly insisted that the only way he would win is if the election was rigged.<\/p>\n<p>Trump himself said Tuesday that Newsom \u201cwill probably win \u2026 because the California Election is totally Rigged,\u201d and Elder on Monday urged his supporters to donate to an election fraud <a href=\"https:\/\/stopcafraud.com\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStatistical analyses \u2026 have detected fraud in California resulting in Governor Gavin Newsom being reinstated as governor,\u201d the site read on Monday, one day before the first results were even tabulated.<\/p>\n<p>California\u2019s recall is the first of three scheduled gubernatorial contests in 2021. The other two, in Virginia and New Jersey, will occur on Nov. 2, and while Democrats are favored in both, Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin is well within striking distance of former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who held the post from 2014-2018.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom won California\u2019s recall election Tuesday, capitalizing on late momentum and sailing past the field of Republicans looking to oust him in what was considered a neck-and-neck race &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-753342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}