EXPLAINER: The California recall election in the US that could remove first-term Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom from office wraps up Tuesday (local time). California is one of 20 US states that have provisions to recall a sitting governor, 19 through elections. Chiu/AP Republican conservative radio show host Larry Elder, second from left during a campaign for the California gubernatorial recall election. As governor, Newsom is a ready target for that resentment. Chiu/AP California Governor Gavin Newsom, who was elected in a 2018 landslide, has acknowledged that people were anxious and weary after a difficult year of restrictions.

Source: Stuff September 15, 2021 03:56 UTC