{"id":29032,"date":"2021-09-15T13:33:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T13:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=29032"},"modified":"2021-09-15T13:33:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T13:33:30","slug":"california-recall-democratic-governor-survives-bid-to-oust-him-us-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=29032","title":{"rendered":"California recall: Democratic governor survives bid to oust him \u2013 US media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom appears to have survived a rare state-wide vote to remove him with a clear majority, US media report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Republicans launched the election over his handling of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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\n\n\n<p>Both President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris campaigned with Mr Newsom ahead of the contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BBC\u2019s 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\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m humbled and grateful to the millions and millions of Californians that exercised their fundamental right to vote,\u201d Mr Newsom said in a victory speech in Sacramento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The outcome has been closely watched as a bellwether for national 2022 elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Newsom\u2019s main rival, conservative radio host Larry Elder, claimed that the vote was rigged before polls even opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the eve of the recall vote, Mr Biden appeared at a rally with Mr Newsom \u2013 a former San Francisco mayor \u2013 to tell voters that their choice will \u201creverberate around the world\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/10A50\/production\/_120567186_gettyimages-1235242392.jpg\" alt=\"President Biden campaigned with Mr Newsom one day before the vote.\"\/><figcaption>President Biden campaigned with Mr Newsom one day before the vote<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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\n\n\n<p>He apologized for the \u201cbad mistake\u201d but some voters found his actions to be hypocritical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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\n\n\n<p>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\n\n\n<p>Republican John Cox drew attention for travelling with a live Kodiak brown bear as part of his \u201cunleash the beast\u201d campaign \u2013 he cast himself as the \u201cbeast\u201d to Mr Newsom\u2019s \u201cbeauty\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/169A\/production\/_120568750_gettyimages-1316308210.jpg\" alt=\"One candidate campaigned with a 1,000lb brown bear\"\/><figcaption>One candidate campaigned with a 1,000lb (455kg) brown bear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the largest state population in the US, California has some 22 million registered voters and the fifth largest global economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Golden State has been firmly Democratic in national elections, but the state does have large Republican regions. Six million voters cast ballots for Donald Trump in 2020, leaving Mr Biden with a 29-point victory in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been consistent efforts to remove California governors through the recall process since the 1960s, though many do not qualify for a vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2003, the last time California held a gubernatorial recall election, voters booted an unpopular Democratic governor and replaced him with Republican bodybuilding actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fellow Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan also got his political start as a Republican governor of California before later serving eight years as US president from 1981 to 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Embattled governor heaves sigh of relief<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sophie Long, BBC News, Los Angeles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the polls closed across California, the governor of the Golden State was probably breathing a little more easily than he would have been a couple of months ago. At the beginning of August, the polls indicated that this could be an unexpectedly tight race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it wasn\u2019t just Gavin Newsom who was sweating in the intense Californian summer heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If he were to lose this recall election, it wouldn\u2019t just end his political career \u2013 it would result in a hand-break turn for the political trajectory of California, with a new Republican Governor elected by a tiny proportion of the state\u2019s 22 million voters. And that could have major national implications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>California\u2019s senior Senator Diane Feinstein is 88 years old. If she were, for any reason, unable to complete her term after a new Republican Governor had been inaugurated, they would appoint her replacement and, in doing so, immediately eliminate the Democrats voting majority of just one in the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What began as a grassroots recall effort effectively became a referendum on the Democrats\u2019 handling of the coronavirus. Strategists on both sides will now be looking for indications of how their national pandemic policies are playing in marginal congressional districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is, if you like, a training run ahead of next year\u2019s mid-term marathon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-58565271\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom appears to have survived a rare state-wide vote to remove him with a clear majority, US media report. 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