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The GOP and the 2021 Recall: A Loss, But Still in a Good Position for 2022

September 16, 2021 2:25 amSeptember 15, 2021 9:26 pm

Following the defeat of the Recall election against Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday, both Republicans and Democrats are now looking ahead to 2022. For Democrats, they are using the victory to help show continued support for Newsom and his policies...

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Live Updates: The 2021 California Recall Election

September 14, 2021 8:07 pmSeptember 15, 2021 3:38 am

Results for the 2021 California Gubernatorial Recall Election will be coming in over the next few hours, days and perhaps even weeks. As the voting results start coming in after voting closes at 8 PM on the West Coast, California...

Recall Candidates Give Final Election Events, Speeches On Election Day

September 14, 2021 3:25 pmSeptember 14, 2021 3:27 pm

Following a whirlwind of rally and speech stops for recall candidates on Monday, as well as Gavin Newsom giving a final rally against the recall alongside President Joe Biden in Long Beach, several candidates were out and about on Tuesday...

What Recall Candidates Say About COVID’s Personal Impacts, and Impacts to the State

September 12, 2021 2:34 amSeptember 12, 2021 10:52 am

It has been the driving force around the world for 18 months. It has killed millions of people, sickened tens of millions more, devastated economies, obliterated education, and sown fear and distrust on a monumental scale throughout the world. It...

What the Recall Candidates are Saying About Homelessness

September 5, 2021 1:07 pmSeptember 6, 2021 11:53 am

It is heart-wrenching and mind-boggling. It is self-harm and societal-harm. It is exasperating and infuriating. It is depressing and destructive. It is sympathy and dystopia. It is empathy and myopia. It is the homeless problem in California. With an estimated...

What the Recall Candidates are Saying About Infrastructure

August 30, 2021 2:31 amSeptember 1, 2021 11:41 am

There is a saying in California politics (popularized by Willie Brown) that, when it comes to big projects, one should just “start digging a hole and make it so big, there’s no alternative to coming up with the money to...

Recall Candidates Go After Newsom, Elder At Sacramento Recall Debate

August 26, 2021 11:36 am

On Wednesday, four major candidates in the running for the 2021 Gubernatorial Recall election debated for an hour at the KCRA television studios in Sacramento. Republicans who have previously been in debates – 2018 GOP gubernatorial candidate John Cox, former...