California Lt. Governor (D) issued a proclamation on Thursday to set a date for the recall election against Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis issued her proclamation to set September 14 as the day for a special gubernatorial recall election. The recall will be to “determine whether Gavin Newsom, Governor of the State of California, shall be recalled and if the majority vote on the question is to recall, to elect a successor.”
The announcement will set off a furious, 10-week burst of campaigning through the California summer, a time when voters typically are ignoring politics to enjoy vacationing, backyard barbecuing and travel.
Many voters have yet to pay attention to the emerging election, while polls have shown Newsom would beat back the effort to remove him. Republicans haven’t won a statewide race in heavily Democratic California since 2006.