A governor under fire. Photo: Jae C Hong/AP/Shutterstock There’s only one other person who knows what it’s like to be in Gavin Newsom’s shoes.
It was something between a “circus” and a “crapshoot,” Davis, 73, said, with hundreds of candidates, including child actor Gary Coleman and Arianna Huffington. “I lived in West Hollywood in those days and I was going to a voting place there, and who’s coming in at the same time in his wheelchair? Larry Flynt. He’s on the ballot. He says, ‘Good luck today Governor.’ I said, ‘Good luck to you Mr. Flynt, after you.
For Newsom it’s the ongoing pandemic, which has killed more people in California than any other state. The effort to recall him was at first tiny, but then COVID-19 occured, as well as a series of missteps by Newsom. First there was the yo-yo of lockdowns that drew backlash from churchleaders, gym goers and restaurant owners up and down the state.
Gray Davis with his soon-to-be successor Arnold Schwarzenegger after the recall vote in October 2003. Photo: Brendan Mcdermid/EPA/Shutterstock “I had a communication problem. I just couldn’t find a way to get ratepayers to get energized about this,” he said. “[Newsom] does have control of the narrative, and he’s believable. I wasn’t because people didn’t understand what I was talking about… I couldn’t figure out a way to solve the problem, and that’s on me.
The names being floated to challenge Newsom include his former opponent, businessman John Cox, who Newsom beat in 2018 by 24 points, and former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer. Davis dismissed the relative unknowns: “You can’t beat someone with no one.”“I mean, he is no favorite of the progressives that are activists within the party.
“You’re running against yourself,” said Garry South, Davis’ former campaign manager. “You don’t have to win a majority of the vote. It’s whoever gets more votes than anyone else, whoever the plurality winner is… that person becomes the governor, which is what happened with Arnold. He got 49% of the vote.”
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