An Inside California Politics / Emerson College poll of 1,000 registered voters found that support for the recall effort against Gov. Gavin Newsom is increasing. Read more at KRON 4
Bears, Merch and Consultants: How Newsom Recall Candidates Are Spending Campaign Cash
With six weeks to go before Californians decide whether to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, the favorite of major GOP donors is still Kevin Faulconer. The former San Diego mayor has amassed more than $3 million in contributions. While most of his haul has come from big spenders, the median contribution...
Walters: Newsom, Facing Recall, Worries About Blackouts
Several factors propelled the 2003 recall of then-Gov. Gray Davis, but one of the most powerful was his clumsy handling of an electric power crisis that had resulted in rolling blackouts. The crisis resulted from the ill-conceived and misnamed “deregulation” of power supplies that the Legislature and Davis’ predecessor, Pete...
Will Trump Be Spoiler as California GOP Seeks Newsom Recall?
California could witness a stunning turnabout in a nation of deeply polarized politics if the liberal state dumps Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and elects a Republican to fill his job in a September recall election. With the country’s political center largely vanished, it’s rare to see governors win elections on...
Candidate for Governor on His Perspective for California
Doug Ose, is a former U.S. congressman who is seeking to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in California's upcoming recall election. "What's different about me is I get stuff done," said Ose, who is one of 46 candidates who will appear on the Sept. 14 ballot. On a recent episode of...
Recall Money Wars: What Do Newsom’s Million-Dollar Donors Want?
Gov. Gavin Newsom may be fighting for his political life amid a fourth wave of COVID, a drought without modern precedent, another horrific fire season, a spiking murder rate and an increasingly credible-seeming recall. But at least he has a lot of really rich political allies. At last count, the...
Recall Heats Up as Faulconer, Kiley and Newsom Make Fresno Stops
Within a 24 hour period, two prominent recall candidates and the man subject to the recall election visited Fresno. Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer visited Fresno Wednesday to talk about his water policy. A day before, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation at a Fresno clinic to expand MediCal access....
Walters: Early Recall Election Could Backfire on Newsom
Gov. Gavin Newsom and his pals in the Legislature thought they were being very clever when they advanced the date of his recall election several weeks to September 14. At the time, less than a month ago, events seemed to be going Newsom’s way and an earlier election would, they...
Likely California Voters Now Almost Evenly Split on Newsom Recall, Poll Finds
A new poll shows that voter turnout will be pivotal in September's recall election as Californians are almost evenly divided over whether or not to recall Governor Gavin Newsom. Read More at Los Angeles Times
Walters: Could Crime Surge Push Newsom Recall?
Those who want voters to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom joined crime victim advocates at the state Capitol last Tuesday to accuse the governor of being too lenient on lawbreakers as the state experiences a new wave of crime. They castigated him for unilaterally suspending executions of murderers and making it...