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With Newsom Recall Election Date Set, We Check In On The Challengers

By AirTalk Staff

Published Jul 2, 2021

ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 16: California Gov. Gavin Newsom looks on during a news conference after he toured the newly reopened Ruby Bridges Elementary School on March 16, 2021 in Alameda, California. Gov. Newsom is traveling throughout California to highlight the state's efforts to reopen schools and businesses as he faces the threat of recall. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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With Newsom Recall Election Date Set, We Check In On The Challengers

California on Thursday scheduled a Sept. 14 recall election that could drive Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office, the result of a political uprising largely driven by angst over state coronavirus orders that shuttered schools and businesses and upended life for millions of Californians.

The election in the nation’s most populous state will be a marquee contest with national implications, watched closely as a barometer of the public mood heading toward the 2022 elections, when a closely divided Congress again will be in play.

We’ll get the latest.

With files from the Associated Press

Guests:

Katie Orr, government and politics reporter for KQED; she tweets

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Lara Korte, California politics reporter at the Sacramento Bee; she tweets

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With Newsom Recall Election Date Set, We Check In On The Challengers

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