If that question fails, the recall is over and Newsom remains in office, with the potential replacement candidates on the second ballot rendered irrelevant. According to the secretary of state’s office, candidates who have filed the required paperwork include:--Kevin Paffrath, 29, is a YouTuber who gives financial advice to his 1.7 million subscribers. Anyone who wins the recall election would be governor for just over a year before the next election, which Paffrath likened to a trial run. But she’s proven gaffe-prone in interviews and a sprinkle of polling has suggested she’s no Arnold Schwarzenegger, who used the power of his celebrity to become California governor in a 2003 recall election. --Kevin Kiley, 36, is a Republican state assemblyman from the Sacramento area who emerged as a favourite among GOP volunteers who gathered petition signatures for the recall.

Source: thestar July 18, 2021 05:02 UTC