With the majority of ballots counted, Gavin Newsom won the recall election in California and will, therefore, remain the Golden State’s Governor until November 2022, beating a strong bid to kick him out from office.
Late Tuesday, official reports showed that Newsom was ahead by 32 points with 66% of voters favoring his leadership and 34% wishing his removal.
“I think about just in the last few days, the former president put out saying this election was rigged,” a victorious Newsom told crowds in Sacramento.
“Democracy is not a football. You don’t throw it around. We may have defeated Trump, but Trumpism is not dead in this country.”
Newsom told Californians that those who voted for him “rejected cynicism and bigotry and chose hope and progress.”
In the meantime, the Governor’s opponent Larry Elder conceded in an Orange County rally, asking his upset supporters to remain “gracious in defeat.”
“We are forcing Newsom now to pay attention to the problems of homelessness…forcing him to do a better job on clearing our forest…forcing him to pay attention to things that should have been paid attention to two years ago.”
