{"id":19865,"date":"2021-09-15T05:13:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T09:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=19865"},"modified":"2021-09-15T05:13:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T09:13:13","slug":"california-recall-democratic-governor-survives-bid-to-oust-him-us-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/09\/15\/california-recall-democratic-governor-survives-bid-to-oust-him-us-media\/","title":{"rendered":"California recall: Democratic governor survives bid to oust him – US media"},"content":{"rendered":"
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California Governor Gavin Newsom appears to have survived a rare state-wide vote to remove him with a clear majority, US media report.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Republicans launched the election over his handling of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Democrat, currently in the third year of his four-year term, had faced a field of 46 candidates, and was expected to win by a large margin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Both President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris campaigned with Mr Newsom ahead of the contest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The BBC’s US partner CBS projects that the governor will prevail, with about two-thirds of voters backing him and more than 60% of the vote tallied.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I’m humbled and grateful to the millions and millions of Californians that exercised their fundamental right to vote,” Mr Newsom said in a victory speech in Sacramento.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The outcome has been closely watched as a bellwether for national 2022 elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Newsom’s main rival, conservative radio host Larry Elder, claimed that the vote was rigged before polls even opened.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On the eve of the recall vote, Mr Biden appeared at a rally with Mr Newsom – a former San Francisco mayor – to tell voters that their choice will “reverberate around the world”.<\/p>\n

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The effort to unseat Mr Newsom has been driven by increasingly partisan politics, but gained steam after he was photographed dining at a fancy restaurant while urging Californians to stay home to avoid spreading Covid-19.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He apologised for the “bad mistake” but some voters found his actions to be hypocritical.<\/p>\n

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Nearly 1.5 million signatures were gathered by petition (equal to 12% of the 2018 vote), meeting the bar for an election to test to decide whether Californians wanted to keep Mr Newsom in office, or replace him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Newsom faced a ragtag group of conservatives hoping to take his place, including reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner, who vanished from the campaign trail to film Celebrity Big Brother in Australia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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