California’s recall fever
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🗓️ 13 September 2021
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Summary
A recall election in California ends Tuesday night. After pandemic-related shutdowns and mandates, can Gov. Gavin Newsom survive the challenge to his liberal policies?
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Forty-six candidates on the recall ballot. One governor with his first term on the line.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is fighting to hold on to his seat, with the recall election that could replace him set to end Tuesday night. Newsom needs more than 50 percent of the vote to maintain his governorship.
Senior correspondent Scott Wilson says recall elections are baked into California life. Every governor for the past 60 years has been challenged with a recall, but only one attempt has been successful.
This recall election could flip leadership of the country’s most populous state to a vastly different candidate — and have far-reaching implications for national politics and the makeup of the U.S. Senate.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Martine. |
| 0:03.5 | Just a heads up that I will be on vacation for the next couple of weeks. |
| 0:07.1 | You might hear me once or twice with a few things that we've already recorded, but mostly |
| 0:10.9 | you will be hearing some of my wonderful colleagues taking the seat as host. |
| 0:15.0 | Today that person is Alexis Dio, and I will be back for the last week of September. |
| 0:20.4 | Until then, enjoy the show. |
| 0:23.9 | This is about turning in those ballots. |
| 0:26.8 | The simple thing, just vote no and go to the mailbox. |
| 0:31.8 | That's California Governor Gavin Newsom, and by tomorrow night, he may be out of a job. |
| 0:38.1 | And that's because right now, there is a special election happening in California, or not |
| 0:44.6 | only could Newsom be removed, but California's next governor could end up being someone |
| 0:50.6 | very different. |
| 0:52.2 | Someone like Larry Elder, a conservative radio talk show host. |
| 0:56.3 | April 8, 971, SAGE. |
| 0:58.9 | Give me your reaction to getting a knock on the door from somebody from the Biden administration |
| 1:03.5 | making sure you've been vaccinated. |
| 1:06.4 | How far away is this from going door to door to make sure you don't have a so-called assault |
| 1:10.1 | weapon? |
| 1:13.1 | From the Newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports. |
| 1:17.1 | I'm Alexis Dio, and it's Monday, September 13. |
| 1:21.0 | In California, a special recall election ends Tuesday night. |
| 1:25.4 | Others are deciding whether Gavin Newsom should still be governor, which means he could |
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