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2021 California gubernatorial recall election
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The 2021 California gubernatorial recall election is an upcoming special election on whether to recall Governor Gavin Newsom which is scheduled to be held on September 14, 2021.[1]

Before this election, the only other gubernatorial recall attempt in California that qualified for a general vote happened in 2003, which resulted in Gray Davis being replaced by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.[2][3] The recall election will be the fourth gubernatorial recall election ever held in the United States.[4] This election is the result of one of at least 54 attempts in California's history to remove an elected governor from office and one of six efforts to remove Newsom.[2][3] Every California governor since 1960 has faced a formal recall attempt.[5]

Background

Recall elections in California

California is one of 19 states that allow recall elections.[6] Under state law, any elected official may be subjected to a recall.[7] To trigger a recall election of a statewide elected official, proponents must gather a certain amount of signatures from registered voters within a certain time period. The amount must equal 12 percent of the votes cast in the previous election for that office.[8][9] Based on the previous gubernatorial election, the 2021 recall petition required 1,495,709 signatures.[9]

When the secretary of state confirms that a recall petition meets the required amount of signatures, a recall election must be scheduled within 60 to 80 days.[10][11] If the petition qualified less than 180 days prior to the next regularly scheduled election, then the recall would become part of that regularly scheduled election.[12] In the case of a recall against the governor, the responsibility for scheduling the recall election falls on the lieutenant governor,[13] which for 2021 is Eleni Kounalakis.[11]

Following legislation, all registered voters will be mailed a ballot for any elections held in 2021, which would include the gubernatorial recall election.[11]

A recall ballot in California consists of two questions: whether the incumbent should be recalled, and if recalled, which challenger should replace them. If a majority of voters favor removing the incumbent, then the challenger who receives the most votes finishes out the incumbent's term in office.

Newsom recall petition

During Gavin Newsom's tenure as governor, a total of seven recall petitions were launched against him (including the attempt which succeeded in spurring the 2021 election),[14][4][15] commonly grounded in part on the state's "Universal Healthcare, and laws protecting and helping illegal aliens", and "homelessness", though they failed to gain much traction.[failed verification][16] On February 20, 2020, the petition which would eventually lead to the 2021 recall election was served against Newsom,[17] with timing that coincided with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.[18]

On June 10, 2020, Secretary of State Alex Padilla approved petitioners' petitions for circulation.[19] The recall campaign hired a political consulting firm in late June 2020, and the initial plan was to pay circulators to collect signatures.[19] To ensure a successful validation, the recall campaign sought to gather 2 million signatures.[20][21] Given the difficulties in obtaining signatures during the pandemic, however, the per-signature cost rose dramatically, and petitioners opted to proceed with a team of approximately 5,000 volunteer circulators instead.[19] The first proponent of the recall, Orrin Heatlie, played a grassroots role in the previous attempt led by aspiring Tea Party politician Erin Cruz.[22]

The petition was initially given a signature deadline of November 17, 2020, but was extended to March 17, 2021, by Sacramento County Superior Court Judge James P. Arguelles due to the pandemic. Arguelles ruled that recall proponents would have a longer time window to collect signatures than they normally would have under non-pandemic circumstances.[19][23][24][25]

French Laundry dinner

Newsom was widely criticized for his attendance with more than three households at The French Laundry restaurant in Yountville in the Napa Valley despite guidelines issued by his administration ahead of an expected holiday COVID-19 surge which limited private gatherings to at most three households.[26] Also in attendance were both the head lobbyist and the CEO of the California Medical Association.[27] Newsom and his office initially defended the outing while saying it was the first time he and his wife dined with others in public since the COVID-19 pandemic began, that public dining recommendations were separate from state guidelines for private gatherings, and that the party was held outdoors.[28][29]

The day after Newsom claimed the party had been held outdoors, photographs showing an enclosed and maskless gathering were published and widely shared.[30] Neighboring diners said Newsom's party was so loud, restaurant staff closed off their garage-like dining space with sliding glass doors, essentially making an indoor dining space.[31] Napa County was in the "orange tier" of pandemic severity at the time, which permitted some indoor dining.[32] Newsom later apologized for attending the celebration.[33] The incident severely damaged Newsom's image and credibility amid the public health crisis.[30]

This incident[34] and voter anger over whipsaw lockdowns, job losses, and school and business closures[35] were widely credited for the recall petition's surge in support. Other reasons included a multibillion dollar fraud scandal at the state unemployment agency and pre-pandemic grievences over homelessness and high taxes.[35] By August, the petitioners had submitted 55,000 signatures, and from August through October, a total of 890 new signatures were submitted.[36] Coincidentally, both the French Laundry party and the extension of the signature collection deadline happened on November 6[37] and between November 5 and December 7, over 442,000 new signatures were submitted and verified.[36]

Reactions

The petition received the support of statewide and nationwide Republicans, with the Republican Governors Association commissioning a poll involving prospective candidates in February 2021.[38] Newsom refused to acknowledge the developing recall movement when questioned by reporters.[39] In January 2021, Rusty Hicks, the chairman of the California Democratic Party, likened it to the storming of the U.S. Capitol, calling it the "California coup".[39][40] The comparison drew bipartisan criticism, with Newsom's former deputy chief of staff, Yashar Ali, saying it was "absolutely insane to frame a recall where the voters go to the polls a coup".[40][41] In February 2021, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki indicated and later confirmed that the Biden administration opposed the recall and was in contact with Newsom's office in regards to it.[42]

Certification process

The recall campaign submitted 2,117,730 signatures by the March 2021 deadline.[43] On April 26, 2021, the office of Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced that the recall effort had gained enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, pending official certification after a period of 30 days where voters could retract their signatures[note 1] and where state officials tallied the costs to conduct the election (up to 60 days).[45] The final count yielded 1,719,943 valid signatures, which was roughly 13.8 percent of votes cast in 2018, exceeding the 12 percent threshold required to trigger the recall election.[46] On June 23, 2021, the secretary of state announced that only 43 recall signatories withdrew their signatures statewide prior to the withdrawal deadline, ensuring that the election to recall Gavin Newsom from the governor's office would proceed.[47]

After official certification, Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis was legally required to call the election within 60 to 80 days.[48] The official certification occurred on July 1,[49] and on the same day, Kounalakis called the election for September 14, 2021.[50]

Campaign

History

Newsom faced bipartisan criticism for issuing public health directives in March 2021 in response to the looming threat of a recall, leading to rushed reopenings and inequitable vaccine distribution.[51] While 56 percent of voters in a Public Policy Institute of California poll said they would oppose the recall if it was held immediately, in a Nexstar Media Group poll conducted in February, more than 58 percent of voters said they would prefer a new governor in 2022.[51]

Newsom's opponents said he was being dishonest when in a March 16, 2021 interview with Jake Tapper of CNN, he said, "I’ve been living through Zoom school and all of the challenge related to it," since his children had been receiving in-person instruction at their private school since October of 2020, unlike schoolchildren in many densely-populated and urban public school districts in California. Amid ongoing negotiations with teachers unions, Newsom received criticism for not taking forceful action to bring public schools statewide back to in-person instruction.[52]

In April 2021, two bills were introduced in the California Senate that could make future recalls less likely: the first, authored by Senator Ben Allen (D-Redondo Beach), would allow a targeted incumbent to be a candidate on the recall ballot; the second, authored by Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), would have allowed targets of recall campaigns to access the lists of recall petition signers and try to persuade them to remove their signatures. Neither bill would impact the likely 2021 recall election.[53] Senator Newman retracted his bill in the same month after it received fierce opposition from proponents of the 2021 recall over privacy and voter intimidation concerns.[54]

In May 2021, due to an unexpected surplus in the state budget, attributable to the recovery in the stock market, to the state's progressive income and capital gains tax structure, and to $26 billion in federal aid, Newsom announced a $100 billion post-pandemic spending proposal that would expand the eligibility for stimulus checks issued by the state to higher-wage earners with an additional payment to those with children, provide rental and utility assistance, and give funds to small businesses.[55][56][57] A report from the California Legislative Analyst's Office published shortly after the proposal was revealed said that when considering spending that must go towards public schools, pay off debt, or be placed in the state’s main reserve account, the surplus was actually $38 billion, not $75 billion as claimed by Newsom, that the proposal was being rushed since more time was needed to determine which solutions would be effective, and that the proposal was "shortsighted and inadvisable" since it requested $12 billion from the state's existing reserves in spite of the surplus;[58][59][60] Newsom's predecessor Jerry Brown similarly criticized the spending plans.[61] Proponents of Newsom's proposal said the high amount of spending was "historic" and would help the economy recover from the pandemic, while opponents said Newsom's proposal was crafted in response to the imminent recall election.[58][62]

In June 2021, The Sacramento Bee reported that the non-profit organization run by Newsom's wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, had received over $800,000 in donations from companies that lobbied or did business with California state government, and paid her over $2.3 million since 2011 for leading the organization and producing documentary films through her production company, Girl's Club Entertainment.[63][64] When questioned about his wife's non-profit, Newsom denied that there was any conflict of interest with the arrangement.[64] In response to the report, several recall challengers called for a ban on donations to non-profit organizations of elected officials' family members from companies engaged in business with the state.[63]

Alleged partisanship

Newsom acknowledged the recall election when it became likely to occur, calling the effort "partisan, Republican" and recruiting nationwide Democrats to help fundraise against it.[65][66] State Democratic leaders warned members of their party against running in the recall election to avoid a potential split electorate, which some attribute to the 2003 recall of Governor Gray Davis, where Democratic Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante was defeated in his candidacy by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger.[67] A May 2021 UC Berkeley Institute of Government Studies poll sponsored by the Los Angeles Times found that Democratic voters overwhelmingly preferred having a prominent Democratic replacement candidate on the ballot in case the recall was successful, at odds with attempts by party leadership to prevent such a scenario.[68]

Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger disputed the supposed partisan motives of the recall, comparing the 2021 effort to the successful 2003 recall and saying,

"It's pretty much the same atmosphere today as it was then. There was dissatisfaction, to the highest level. And it's the same with the momentum. Something that sets it off to a higher level, kind of the straw that breaks the camel's back ... like an explosion."[69]

Democratic strategist Katie Merrill said that the chance for a successful recall in 2021 was low:

"Politically, we're a completely different state than we were in 2003. If you look at the statewide races, the Republican Party has effectively become a third party in California."[70]

Newsom and his allies sought to connect the recall effort to anti-vaccine and anti-mask extremists, as well as supporters of former President Donald Trump, while recall proponents said that the recall was only about Newsom and his performance as governor, and claimed that around one-third of recall petition signatories were registered Democrats or Independents.[71] As of April 30, 2021, nearly a year after the recall campaign was approved for petition circulation by the secretary of state, Trump had yet to personally comment on the recall effort.[72]

Despite the CDC's mid-May guidance that it was not necessary for persons fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to wear masks in most indoor settings, Newsom's administration decided that California would continue its indoor mask mandate for another month, until June 15, 2021. The delayed implementation was criticized by UCSF scientist Dr. Monica Gandhi, a leading COVID-19 expert, who said it had no scientific rationale, while potentially causing harm.[73] Dr. Mark Ghaly, Newsom's appointee to lead the California Health and Human Services Agency, said the decision was "in no way saying that the science or the direction by the CDC is wrong or there's a challenge to it," instead being "really just giving ourselves some additional time to have it implemented with a high degree of integrity, with the continued focus on protecting the public health in mind."[74] Isaac Hale, a lecturer of political science at UC Davis, said partisan politics concerning the recall may have been a factor in the decision:

"One of [the] top political priorities Newsom has is keeping the Democratic base together, which is why they're really focused on arguing the recall is a partisan Republican endeavor. The biggest thing that could damage that narrative is if a prominent Democrat or progressive emerged as a candidate in the recall, like Cruz Bustamante did in 2003. The key to Newsom staying in power is keeping the Democratic base happy, consolidated and making sure the California Democratic Party is the party of Gavin Newsom, and Gavin Newsom only. It's smart politics since mask mandates are popular among California Democrats."[75]

On June 10, 2021, lawmakers in the supermajority-Democratic state Legislature announced the inclusion of $215 million in election funding in the regular state budget to waive the required review of election costs, which would have allowed the recall election to be held by August 2021, earlier than November 2021, which was expected. An early election could help Newsom avoid potential political fallout over fires, virus variants, or school reopenings, and increase the odds of him defeating the recall.[76][77] California's county election clerks urged Lieutenant Governor Kounalakis to schedule the election after mid-September, citing an inability to guarantee a successful election, possible voter confusion, and the potential for costs far beyond the $215 million that Democratic legislators had provided in their budget proposal. The $215 million estimate was originally produced by county election officials, who had assumed there would be a traditional recall calendar, which ran counter to Democratic legislators' goals to change the laws to speed up the electoral process to help Newsom defeat the recall.[78][79] Jack Citrin, a political science professor at UC Berkeley, said changing the calendar threatened to reinforce the public’s cynicism about politicians using any means available to stay in power, and that they were "trying to create a situation that is most favorable for the partisan outcome that they favor".[80] The date for the recall election was chosen to be September 14, 2021 after the proposed rule changes were signed into law by governor Newsom. The changes were heavily criticized by Newsom's Republican opponents.[81]

In June and July 2021, Gavin Newsom unsuccessfully sued his own appointed Secretary of State Shirley Weber, who refused to fulfill his request to list his party preference on the recall ballot as "Democratic", after he missed a February 2020 deadline to state his party preference. In 2019, Newsom signed into law the bill that gave recall targets the right to state their party preference on the recall ballot.[82][83]

Fundraising

A campaign supporting a challenger must adhere to the usual campaign finance rules for political candidates, while there is no dollar limit for a donor's contribution to the defending incumbent's campaign, nor for donations to groups advocating narrowly for the recall of the incumbent without supporting any specific challenger.[84]

As of June 2021, the three biggest donors to Newsom's campaign against the recall were the California Association of Realtors, the California Democratic Party, and Reed Hastings.[85] Prominent donors against the recall also include Steven Spielberg, George Soros, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Peter Chernin, J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Marissa Mayer.[86][87] As of June 3, 2020, labor unions across the state donated $2 million to Newsom's campaign against the recall and union leaders, while saying their side was already favored by voters, promised a get-out-the-vote drive to "make sure we secure those votes and talk to our members to ensure that base" through a door-to-door canvassing effort.[88]

While organizers of the recall campaign said the effort was driven by grassroots supporters angry over pandemic restrictions and Newsom's attendance at the French Laundry dinner that defied his own guidelines, over half of the $4 million raised by recall proponents by March 2021 originated from two dozen Republican groups and wealthy companies and individuals, which included Douglas Leone, David O. Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya.[89] Recall proponents said there was greater voter energy in favor of the recall and that despite having a small budget, an "unparalleled" volunteer base collected more than enough signatures for the "purposeful and organic" recall effort.[88]

As of May 26, 2021, $11.1 million and $4.6 million went to the pro-Newsom and pro-recall sides, respectively, with most funding for both sides originating from the same wealthy enclaves around the state.[90] By July 7, 2021, a total of $22.8 million had been raised for Newsom's campaign to fight the recall, while $4.9 million was raised to promote the recall effort.[91]

Replacement candidates

To be listed on the ballot as a replacement candidate, a candidate has to be a US Citizen and registered to vote in California, submit signatures from 65 registered voters, pay a $4,194.94 filing fee (which could be waved with the submission of 7,000 signatures of registered voters), and publicly release their last five tax returns. The requirement for the tax returns was added in 2019 with the passage of SB27. Candidates who have been convicted of a felony involving bribery or embezzlement of public money are not allowed to run.[92]

The deadline for filing was July 16, 2021. 41 candidates have tentatively qualified to appear on the recall ballot. The list will be certified on July 21, 2021.[93]

Qualified candidates

Democratic

Republican

Libertarian

Green

No party preference

Disqualified / withdrawn

As of July 14, 2021, 67 candidates had filed to run as replacement candidates.[117] With 41 qualifying, 26 had either not completed their paperwork or were disqualified.

The most notable candidates who did not qualify and/or withdrew include:

Declined to run

The following individuals received press speculation as potential candidates, but declined to run:

The following individuals considered running, but changed their minds before filing any paperwork for candidacy.

Endorsements

On recall question

"Yes" (for recall)
Executive Branch Officials
Governors
U.S Representatives
State Officeholders
Organizations
"No" (against recall)
Executive Branch Officials
U.S. Senators
U.S Representatives
State officeholders
Individuals
Organizations

For candidates

Declared candidates
Kevin Faulconer (R)
State Senators
State Assemblymembers
Caitlyn Jenner (R)
Individuals
Kevin Kiley (R)
Individuals
  • Orrin Heatlie, retired sheriff's sergeant,[155] lead proponent of the recall effort[156]
Media
Larry Elder (R)
U.S. Representatives

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Inside Elections[159] Likely D June 18, 2021

Polling

Newsom recall

Graphical summary
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Yes
on recall 		No
on recall 		Other Undecided
Change Research (D) June 11–16, 2021 1,085 (RV) ± 3.0% 40% 54% – 6%
Moore Information Group (R)[A] June 1–3, 2021 800 (RV) ± 3.0% 44% 50% – 6%
682 (LV) ± 4.0% 49% 46% – 5%
Tulchin Research (D) May 21–30, 2021 1,500 (RV) ± 2.5% 37% 50% – 13%
1,168 (LV) ± 2.9% 38% 52% – 9%
Public Policy Institute of California May 9–18, 2021 1,074 (LV) ± 4.2% 40% 57% – 3%
Berkeley IGS April 29 – May 5, 2021 10,289 (RV) ± 2.0% 36% 49% – 15%
7,943 (LV) ± 2.3% 42% 50% – 8%
SurveyUSA April 30 – May 2, 2021 642 (RV) ± 5.3% 36% 47% – 17%
McLaughlin & Associates (R)[B] April 15–19, 2021 1,000 (LV) ± 3.1% 45% 45% – 10%
Public Policy Institute of California March 14–23, 2021 1,174 (LV) ± 3.9% 40% 56% – 5%
Probolsky Research (R) March 16–19, 2021 900 (RV) ± 3.3% 40% 46% – 14%
900 (LV)[b] ± 3.3% 35% 53% – 13%
Emerson College March 12–14, 2021 1,045 (RV) ± 3.0% 38% 42% 6%[c] 14%
WPA Intelligence (R)[C] February 12–14, 2021 645 (LV) ± 3.9% 47% 43% – 10%
Berkeley IGS January 23–29, 2021 10,357 (RV) ± 2.0% 36% 45% – 20%
7,980 (LV) ± 2.4% 36% 49% – 15%
Remington Research (R)[D] March 17–18, 2019 1,303 (LV) ± 2.7% 31% 52% – 17%

Replacement candidates

Graphical summary
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		John
Cox
(R) 		Kevin
Faulconer
(R) 		Caitlyn
Jenner
(R) 		Doug
Ose
(R) 		Other Undecided
Moore Information Group (R)[A] June 1–3, 2021 800 (RV) ± 3.0% 22% 11% 6% 4% 18% 39%
682 (LV) ± 4.0% 24% 12% 6% 4% 17% 37%
SurveyUSA April 30 – May 2, 2021 642 (RV) ± 5.3% 9% 3% 5% 2% 55%[d] 26%

Results

2021 California gubernatorial recall election
Choice Votes %
Yes on recall
No on recall
Total votes 100.00%
Registered voters and turnout
2021 California gubernatorial recall election[93]
Party Candidate Votes %
No party preference Angelyne
Democratic Holly L. Baade
Republican David Alexander Bramante
Green Heather Collins
Republican John Cox
Democratic John R. Drake
Republican Kevin Faulconer
Republican Ted Gaines
Republican Sam L. Gallucci
No party preference James G. Hanink
Libertarian Jeff Hewitt
Republican David Hillberg
Republican Caitlyn Jenner
Green Dan Kapelovitz
Republican Kevin Kiley
Republican Chauncey "Slim" Killens
Democratic Patrick Kilpatrick
Republican Jenny Rae Le Roux
Republican Steve Chavez Lodge
No party preference Michael Loebs
Republican David Lozano
No party preference Denis Lucey
No party preference Jeremiah "Jeremy" Marciniak
Republican Diego Martinez
Democratic Jacqueline McGowan
Republican Daniel Mercuri
No party preference David Moore
Republican Robert C. Newman II
Republican Doug Ose
Democratic Kevin Paffrath
No party preference Adam Papagan
No party preference Dennis Richter
Democratic Brandon M. Ross
No party preference Major Singh
Republican Sarah Stephens
Republican Denver Stoner
Republican Anthony Trimino
Democratic Joel Ventresca
Democratic Daniel Watts
Republican Nickolas Wildstar
Republican Leo S. Zacky
Total votes 100.0

See also

Notes

General polling notes

  1. ^ a b c d Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Weighted by vote propensity
  3. ^ "Would not vote" with 6%
  4. ^ "Would not support any" with 38%; Grenell with 5%; Cernovich, Moorlach, Mercuri, and Williams with 3%

Polling sponsor notes

  1. ^ a b c Poll conducted for Cox's campaign
  2. ^ Poll conducted for the California Republican Party
  3. ^ a b Poll conducted for Faulconer's campaign
  4. ^ Poll conducted for Reform California

Other

  1. ^ Due to legislation introduced by state Democratic lawmakers trying unsuccessfully to prevent the 2017 recall of Democratic State Senator Josh Newman[44]

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