The state’s voters give him a resounding vote of confidence….
The recall seems to have been a $70 million waste of money….
“We said yes to all those things we hold dear as Californians,” Newsom said Tuesday night. “We have so much more in common as a state and a nation than we give ourselves credit for.”
Newsom will stay in office for another year; he is expected to seek reelection in 2022….
…
With 59 percent of the vote tallied in an election conducted almost entirely through the mail, just 33 percent of voters supported recalling Newsom; the Associated Press projected the recall would fail.
“I want to focus on what we said yes to as a state,” Newsom said in remarks after the election results were called. “We said yes to science. We said yes to vaccines. We said yes to ending this pandemic. We said to people’s right to vote without fear of fake fraud or voter suppression.”….
image…UPI
Are the Republican thieves and liars still claiming the election was stolen from them?
Yes, they are all over the internet claiming fraud.
It’s interesting that the expected Republican “day of vote” never materialized and of those who did vote in-person, the vote was 50/50 no to yes.
Larry “Uncle Tom” Elder who, if I recall correctly was Corey’s third choice for Governor, is leading the beauty replacement ballot contest with 44%. He will be the leading candidate to oppose Newsom next year. That will fuck the GOP here, every Democrat will run against him in November.
A full 40% of Tuesday’s electorate in California did not vote for a potential replacement candidate (millions of voters).
So while Larry Elder is leading in those now meaningless vote totals, his base vote is rather measly.
Larry has already said he’s running again next year. Please proceed Larry.
What are the odds of a D on D General Election in the Governor’s race?
I’d rather Elder be in the general election in 2022.
Tie the remaining CA House Republicans to that nutmeg and watch them all sink!
Nutbag
Next to none, no Democrat will take on Gavin.
California REMAINS a Blue state…..
Now the wasted money number is reportedly over $200M
Swingback? It looks as if the vote for black candidates was split about evenly between City Councillor Andrea Campbell and Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey, putting the two of them in third and fourth place behind Councillor Michelle Wu leads Councillor Annissa Essaibi George for the two spots on November’s mayoral ballot.
88.24% Reporting
Michelle Wu
31.8% 31,295 votes
Annissa Essaibi George
23.1% 22,771 votes
Kim Janey Kim Janey
20.2% 19,917 votes
Andrea Campbell
20.0% 19,664 votes
John Barros
3.3% 3,238 votes
Source: AP
100.0% Reporting in Boston preliminary mayoral election:
Qualified for general election on November 2nd:
Councilor Michelle Wu
33.4% 35,888 votes
Councilor Annissa Essaibi George
22.5% 24,186 votes
others
Councilor Andrea Campbell
19.7% 21,221 votes
Acting Mayor Kim Janey
19.5% 20,946 votes
John Barros
3.2% 3,436 votes
Source: AP
It was not supposed to end this way. But as Tuesday night came to a close, the harsh reality that many people in the [Boston[ Black community had hoped they would not face became crystal clear. There will be no Black candidate in the general election.
According to results gathered by the campaigns, City Councilor Andrea Campbell and Acting Mayor Kim Janey did not seem to have enough votes to make it to the final. City Councilors Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George laid claim to the two top spots, and Campbell and Janey ultimately conceded….
The election had been framed as a pivotal moment in Boston’s Black history that would end a 50-year odyssey that has escaped Black Bostonians. They saw a path forward after Janey vaulted into the acting mayor’s post when former mayor Martin J. Walsh departed for Washington to serve as labor secretary. The race featured three viable Black candidates, including Janey, Campbell, and John Barros, the city’s chief of economic development….
Byron Rushing, who is Black and a former state representative, said he believes Black voters were divided among the three Black candidates. To triumph, he said, the Black candidates should have rallied behind one person.
“All three Black candidates were [operating as though we are] in a post-racial Boston. I don’t believe that exists. And it’s going to hurt them,” Rushing, who supported Wu, said before the polls closed.
In the past half-century, more than a dozen Black Bostonians have launched campaigns to lead the city, most of them barely registering in the history books. A dozen candidates competed in the last open election in 2013, but despite every effort, the lone Black woman did not advance to the general election. Instead, Walsh, the former state representative, went on to defeat former city councilor John Connolly that November….
By Meghan E. Irons and Zoe Greenberg
Boston Globe Staff,
Updated September 14, 2021, 11:14 p.m.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/09/14/metro/march-history-this-boston-mayoral-race-black-residents-pause-reflect/
Rushing calls it……
“….you go to these elections coming up in 22 and 24-we’re not going to have a country left.The election was rigged,and we’re not going to have a country left in three years…”
So sayeth Donald Trump,the present leader of the Republican Party and the man over 60% of Republicans want to lead their party in the future.
A Liar, a Cheat and a would be Thief.However, the same words could easily come out of the mouths of DeSantis,Cruz Hawley or any of the other “contenders”(pretenders?) to take Trumps mantle of leadership.
They’re all the same.
Trump crying gets ‘old’
He LOST……
No sane person entertains his bull shit
Well I presume you think that most Republicans are “insane” because they sure believe him.
Indeed,despite your often absurd attempts to “prove” otherwise?Trump remains the leading figure in the Republican Party.Further,his views and attitude are shared by all the other so called “candidates “whom you ballyhoo here.
Donald Trump is the Republican Party .
He sure is.
Don’t expect any self-reflection from the GOP after the CA recall disaster. I don’t believe they are capable of it anymore.
Republicans believe the recall election was rigged, anyway, so why would they feel a need to self-reflect ?
Less and less everyday.,…
Not a good year for former Democratic Presidential candidates seeking to become big city mayors.
Earlier this year Andrew Yang finished distantly in the NYC mayoral primary, and on Tuesday Dennis Kucinich failed to make the top 2 spots for Cleveland’s mayoral runoff.
Yang has NO real political skills
He led in the NYC race and then flubbed being a
‘Real’ home town guy…..
The 3rd party REALLY sows how much of him being a wannabe ……
I’m surprised Biden hasn’t throw him a job offer….