Gavin Newsom <br />Defeats GOP-Led <br />Recall Effort , By a Landslide.<br />The recall ballot asked California voters whether <br />Governor Gavin Newsom ought to be recalled.<br />With close to two-thirds of the ballots counted, <br />the 'no' choice was already ahead by <br />approximately 30 percentage points.<br />'No' is not the only thing that was expressed tonight, Governor Gavin Newsom, (CA-D), via AP News.<br />I want to focus on what we said ‘yes’ to as a state: We said yes to science, we said yes to vaccines, we said yes to ending <br />this pandemic, Governor Gavin Newsom, (CA-D), via AP News.<br />The election has been largely cast <br />as an indicator of the strength of support <br />for former President Trump in California.<br />Though he has mostly stayed <br />silent during the recall effort, <br />the former president did make <br />a statement once defeat was clear.<br />Let’s be gracious in defeat. We may have lost the battle, but we are going to win the war, Former President Donald Trump, via AP News.<br />Trump began reiterating <br />false claims that the recall effort <br />was rigged in favor of Democrats <br />in the lead up to Tuesday's vote.<br />Newsom has compared the recall <br />effort to Trump's attempt to overturn <br />his loss in the 2020 presidential election.<br />Democracy is not a football, you don’t throw it around. It’s more like — I don’t know — an<br />antique vase, Governor Gavin Newsom, (CA-D), via AP News.<br />You can drop it, smash it into a million different pieces — and that’s what we’re capable of doing if we don’t stand up to meet the moment and <br />push back, Governor Gavin Newsom, (CA-D), via AP News.<br />Newsom is the only Democrat and <br />second governor to defeat a recall election.<br />His win solidifies <br />his place on the <br />national stage.<br />and likely points to a future run for the <br />highest office in the land
