{"id":203213,"date":"2021-08-30T05:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/?p=203213"},"modified":"2021-08-30T07:16:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T14:16:36","slug":"newsom-recall-larry-elder-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_zh\/newsletters\/whatmatters\/2021\/08\/newsom-recall-larry-elder-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom vs. Elder standoff intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the recall election approaches, competition between \u2014 and media coverage of \u2014 Gov. Gavin Newsom and Larry Elder is heating up.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n

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If you want to receive a mail-in ballot for the Sept. 14 recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a>, today is the deadline to register to vote<\/a> \u2014 any later and you’ll have to request a ballot in person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 3.5 million Californians have already returned their ballots, representing 16% of ballots mailed to the state’s 22.2 million registered voters, according to figures compiled by Political Data Inc<\/a>. These early voters are disproportionately Democratic (54%), white (69%) and age 65 or older (42%). That tracks with trends observed during the November 2020 election<\/a>, in which Democrats rushed to vote early while Republicans \u2014 often citing concerns about fraud \u2014 waited to cast their ballots in person on Election Day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A federal judge on Friday affirmed the election is happening by rejecting a last-minute lawsuit<\/a> \u90a3 challenged the recall as unconstitutional<\/a>. With about two weeks until Election Day, Gov. Gavin Newsom and his top challengers are ramping up efforts to reach undecided voters. One key bloc: Californians between the ages of 18 and 29, who are the least likely of any age group to register or vote but who could nevertheless prove decisive in the election’s outcome, CalMatters’ Matthew Reagan reports<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsom and recall candidates spent the weekend reaching out to constituents. The governor, whose planned Friday rally with Vice President Kamala Harris was canceled<\/a> amid the turmoil in Afghanistan, instead helped clean up a San Francisco homeless encampment<\/a>. Meanwhile, his main GOP rivals swept across Southern California<\/a>, with reality star Caitlyn Jenner holding a town hall in Pasadena; former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer talking to voters in Santa Clarita; Assemblymember Kevin Kiley campaigning in San Diego, San Clemente and Stanton; and talk show host Larry Elder hosting a rally in Ramona. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recall also gained national steam over the weekend. Back-to-back profiles of Newsom ran in the Atlantic<\/a> \u548c the Economist<\/a> on Friday and Saturday, while both the New York Times<\/a> \u548c the New Yorker<\/a> ran Sunday columns denouncing the recall as an assault on democracy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The articles posit that Newsom’s biggest threat is Elder, who’s received no shortage of media attention himself: On Thursday, a Politico investigation<\/a> into his new campaign manager; on Friday, a Los Angeles Times investigation<\/a> into his inactive private charity; and on Sunday, a Los Angeles Times profile<\/a>. Also Sunday, the Orange County Register ran an op-ed<\/a> attacking the Times’ “racist smear campaign” against Elder, citing two recent columns titled “If Larry Elder is elected, life will get harder for Black and Latino Californians<\/a>” and “Larry Elder is the Black face of white supremacy. You’ve been warned<\/a>.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Los Angeles prosecutors on Friday declined to pursue<\/a> a criminal complaint filed by Elder’s ex-fianc\u00e9e, Alexandra Datig<\/a>, who alleged he brandished a gun at her and pushed her six years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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