The Tale of California’s Recall Election

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🗓️ 30 August 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Almost from the moment Gavin Newsom was elected governor of California, there were attempts to remove him from office. Initially, a recall election against him seemed highly unlikely — but the pandemic has changed things. What is behind the recall effort against Mr. Newsom, and what happens next?

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Obaro. This is a Daily.
0:07.0	In the coming days, the Democratic Governor of an overwhelmingly Democratic State may be
0:18.7	removed from office and replaced by a Republican.
0:24.0	Today, Kevin Rus spoke to our colleague, Sean Huber, about the tangled tail of California's
0:32.2	recall election.
0:36.0	It's Monday, August 30.
0:49.0	Sean, hello.
0:53.0	Hi, how you doing?
0:54.0	I'm doing well. How are you?
0:56.0	Okay.
0:57.0	Where are you right now?
0:59.0	I'm in Lovely Sacramento under blue only slightly wildfire smoky skies and air quality
1:07.2	that's okay for now.
1:12.6	I'm also in California in the Bay Area and I want to talk to you about two things that
1:20.0	I got in the mail the other day.
1:23.6	Okay.
1:24.6	The first was a ballot, mail and ballot, asking me if I wanted to recall California governor
1:31.9	Gavin Newsom and if so, who do I want to replace him?
1:38.2	Then there was about a 46 person list of possible replacements.
1:45.8	The second thing I got in the mail was a voter guide explaining who those people were
1:53.3	and it was a wild ride.
1:58.2	I saw a few names I recognized.
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