Newsom recall bankrolled by wealthy mega-donors, national Republicans - and retirees
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Gov. Gavin Newsom at Barron Park Elementary School in Palo Alto on Tuesday.Jim Gensheimer / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Gov. Gavin Newsom talks to reporters at Barron Park Elementary School in Palo Alto.Jim Gensheimer / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom takes questions from the media during a visit to a mobile vaccination site in Los Angeles.Damian Dovarganes/APShow MoreShow Less
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Former Arkansas GOP Gov. Mike Huckabee’s political action committee has given $100,000 to the campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom.Kiichiro Sato / Associated Press 2016Show MoreShow Less
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
In this file photo, Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks after being sworn in as the 40th governor of California in front of the Capitol in Sacramento. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Backers raise more than $2.5 million in effort to recall Gov. Newsom
LOS ANGELES Backers of an effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom have raised more than $2.5 million, according to financial disclosures filed with the state through Tuesday. Political analysts say that’s approaching the minimum amount required to gather enough valid signatures to place the matter on the ballot.
Veteran Republican attorney Thomas Hiltachk, who served as the lead counsel on the successful 2003 recall of Gov. Gray Davis, said the groups attempting to oust Newsom need to raise a minimum of $3 million to $4 million total to be successful.
Backers of an effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom have raised more than $2.5 million, according to financial disclosures filed with the state through Tuesday. Political analysts say that’s approaching the minimum amount required to gather enough valid signatures to place the matter on the ballot.
Veteran Republican attorney Thomas Hiltachk, who served as the lead counsel on the successful 2003 recall of Gov. Gray Davis, said the groups attempting to oust Newsom need to raise a minimum of $3 million to $4 million total to be successful.
Hiltachk has not take a position on the Newsom recall. He noted that the financial figures that were disclosed
Backers of an effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom have raised more than $2.5 million, according to financial disclosures filed with the state through Tuesday. Political analysts say that’s approaching the minimum amount required to gather enough valid signatures to place the matter on the ballot.
Veteran Republican attorney Thomas Hiltachk, who served as the lead counsel on the successful 2003 recall of Gov. Gray Davis, said the groups attempting to oust Newsom need to raise a minimum of $3 million to $4 million total to be successful.
Hiltachk has not take a position on the Newsom recall. He noted that the financial figures that were disclosed
OC Republican Leaders Split on Who Should Win Supervisor Race, With Voting to Start Soon
Feb. 1, 2021
From left: Republican county supervisors Don Wagner and Andrew Do are backing Kevin Muldoon for the supervisor s seat, while OC Republican Party Chairman Fred Whitaker and Supervisor Lisa Bartlett are backing John Moorlach. Do also has endorsed Fountain Valley Mayor Michael Vo. Credit: JULIE LEOPO, Voice of OC
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With voters set to start casting ballots in less than two weeks, a major split has emerged among Orange County’s top Republican leaders over who should win a hotly contested, coastal county supervisors’ seat.