California Gov. Gavin Newsom survives recall effort
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has prevailed and will win the state's recall election, several news outlets are projecting.
Voters were asked to answer two questions: should Newsom be removed from office, and if Newsom is removed, who should take his place? With 62 percent of the statewide results reported, 67 percent voted "no" to removing Newsom from office, while 33 percent voted "yes."
Newsom is serving his first term as governor. The last recall election in California was in 2003, when Democrat Gray Davis was ousted from office and replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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