California voters will decide whether to remove Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) from office in a September 14th, 2021, recall election. Polls in the Golden State are scheduled to close at 8:00 p.m. PST (11:00 p.m. EST) Tuesday evening. The first of three vote result waves will be released immediately after polls close, comprised of mail-in ballots already delivered and counted. Click here for additional information regarding how subsequent results will be publicly released. Larry Elder, longtime conservative radio host and lawyer, is Newsom’s leading Republican opponent, according to polls.
**Follow all of the events on the Breitbart News Live Wire below. All times in eastern.**
1:23 A.M. — Elder slams the establishment media’s lack of coverage of the woman wearing gorilla mask who threw an egg at him. The radio host notes that he doesn’t play the race card. “As far as I’m concerned after we elected the first Black president, everything else is anti-climactic,” he says.
1:19 A.M. — Elder again says that although he lost the election, “We are forcing them now to pay attention to the problem of homelessness. We are forcing them now to do a better job on schools.”
“We recognize that we have lost the battle. But we will win the war.” -Larry Elder pic.twitter.com/td9kx41ZWY
— Libby Denkmann (@libdenk) September 15, 2021
1:13 A.M. — Larry Elder addresses supporters, says: “Let’s be gracious in defeat. We may have lost the battle, but we are going to win the war.”
#CARecall republican candidate Larry Elder says ‘we may have lost the battle but we are going to win the war.’ | @CBSLA pic.twitter.com/zvPCFKqu5L
— Rick Montanez (@RickCBSLA) September 15, 2021
12:50 A.M. —
Faulconer, who was planning a 2022 run, revisiting after poor showing: “I’m going to take the time to talk with my family and supporters, and decide how best to serve the people of our state.”
— Seema (@LATSeema) September 15, 2021
12:42 A.M. —
Larry Elder’s campaign manager Jeff Corless tells supporters, “We’ve got a long night ahead of us.”#CaliforniaRecall pic.twitter.com/NWVke2JVew
— Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) September 15, 2021
12:36 A.M. —
Caitlyn Jenner, a GOP candidate in California’s recall, speaks after the vote to remove Gov. Newsom failed: “I can’t believe that this many people actually voted to keep him in office. It’s a shame.” https://t.co/cagDpkFQdS pic.twitter.com/2cONQbrtMu
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 15, 2021
12:30 A.M. —
The scene at the @larryelder event here in Costa Mesa – the band plays on. We are waiting for Elder to make a speech but not clear when he will be down. pic.twitter.com/YUVDPqKDRg
— Lucy Kafanov 🏳️🌈 ⚢ (@LucyKafanov) September 15, 2021
12:20 A.M. — From inside Elder’s recall election event:
At Elder’s event, since the networks have called it, no TV anymore on two big screens.
Surrogates are telling supporters he’s still in it. “It’s way too early. They’ve just counted the mail ballots. They’ve still got to count the real ballots,” former LG Abel Maldonado said.
— Eric Bradner (@ericbradner) September 15, 2021
11:58 P.M. —
BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to supporters after recall vote fails — “We said yes to science. We said yes to vaccines. We said yes to ending this pandemic. We said yes to people’s right to vote without fear of fake fraud or voter suppression.” https://t.co/cagDpkFQdS pic.twitter.com/7BjVt8nIsR
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 15, 2021
11:56 P.M. — Newsom addresses reporters after beating recall effort, says while Californians voted “No” in the election, they also voted “Yes” in support of to social justice, racial justice, and environmental justice.
.@GavinNewsom is here with a much more optimistic message. He says while Californians voted “NO” on the recall, they also voted “YES…to all these things we hold dear” – social justice, racial justice, environmental justice, etc pic.twitter.com/4pbX63fFk7
— Liz Kreutz (@ABCLiz) September 15, 2021
11:47 P.M. — The Associated Press calls the recall race for Newsom.
WASHINGTON (@AP) — California voters reject effort to remove Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office in recall election.
— Stefanie Dazio (@steffdaz) September 15, 2021
11:42 P.M. — ABC News, CBS News, CNN, and NBC News have now all called the recall race for Newsom.
BREAKING: CBS News projects that the “no” vote will win the recall election, meaning Governor Gavin Newsom will remain in office.
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) September 15, 2021
CNN calls it — Newsom fends off recall vote.
Ok, back to work.
— Dave Lee (@DaveLeeFT) September 15, 2021
11:38 P.M. —
NEW: Based on the exit poll and our analysis of the vote in so far, ABC News projects that CA has voted NOT to recall Governor Gavin Newsom.
— Meg Cunningham (@Meg_Cunn) September 15, 2021
11:37 P.M. — NBC News projects that the recall effort has failed, leaving Newsom in office.
11:34 P.M. — The latest recall numbers:
#RECALL UPDATE: 68.1% statewide voting NO on recall (so far). In Riverside Co, 55% have voted NO on the recall; in San Bernardino Co, 58% have voted NO. These results are mostly from mail in ballots, in-person totals not in yet.
— Rob McMillan (@abc7robmcmillan) September 15, 2021
11:27 P.M. —
Exit polls show about 9 in 10 Democrats are voting “no” in the CA Recall election, slightly lower than the share of Democratic support President Biden received. About 9 in 10 Republicans are voting “yes” on the recall, similar to the percentage former President Trump received. pic.twitter.com/HiIkoBzMFr
— CBS News Politics (@CBSPolitics) September 15, 2021
11:22 P.M. — Latest recall numbers via CNN:
Key race alert from CNN: no votes leading 70.7% versus 29.3% yes in statewide California Recall election.
— Ken Yeung (@thekenyeung) September 15, 2021
11:19 P.M. —
#BREAKING: First batch of partial results: % indicates ‘No’ on recall. #SantaClara (78%) #ContraCosta (76%) #LosAngeles (76%) #SanDiego (60%) #Napa (71%) #Orange (58%) #Ventura (64%) . Republicans believe ‘day of’ votes (coming later) will help them recall #Newsom. @nbcbayarea
— Raj Mathai (@rajmathai) September 15, 2021
11:18 P.M. —
We have our first county that is voting in favor of recall: conservative Trinity County, where mail ballots have split 54% to 46% for “yes.”
Merced County (52% no, 48% yes in mail ballots) will likely join it once Election Day votes are counted.https://t.co/XKRDc08r9z
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) September 15, 2021
11:17 P.M. —
First batch of votes out of Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the state: 76 percent of voters against the recall. This is a better showing for Newsom than he received in the county in 2018.
— Lisa Lerer (@llerer) September 15, 2021
11:14 P.M. — Cook Political Report’s Dave Wasserman is already calling the recall election for Newsom.
I’ve seen enough: the vote to recall CA Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) fails.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 15, 2021
11:12 P.M. — President Joe Biden weighs in on the recall election:
Biden, asked about takeaways from the California recall election upon his return to the WH tonight, said results weren’t in yet but he believes there is “positive support for mandates” and there’s “always going to be a small percentage who say no,” per pool
— Meredith Lee (@meredithllee) September 15, 2021
11:10 P.M. — Latests numbers reported by CNN:
CNN TV is now showing with 12% of estimated vote reported, no vote leading 59.8% to 39.6% yes vote in California Recall election.
— Ken Yeung (@thekenyeung) September 15, 2021
11:09 P.M. —
#CAGov Recall Update
+36,319 votes from NAPA County
RECALL Y: 28.38%
RECALL N: 71.62%39.31% Elder (R)
10.09% Paffrath (D)
8.16% Faulconer (R)
6.81% Cox (R)
6.53% Ross (D)
5.55% Ventresca (D)https://t.co/PmV0tcdJe3 pic.twitter.com/QzfTr5ZRnV— CATargetBot (@CATargetBot) September 15, 2021
11:06 P.M. — Some early numbers via CNN:
Key race alert from CNN: 6% of estimated vote reported….no vote is leading 60.6% vs 39.4% yes votes in California Recall election.
— Ken Yeung (@thekenyeung) September 15, 2021
11:05 P.M. —
First San Diego County results in, early votes have recall failing there 60.6% to 39.4%, with Elder pulling 43% and former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer at 16.9%https://t.co/rzVHCNyArk pic.twitter.com/nY6R4xAdNJ
— Rob Pyers (@rpyers) September 15, 2021
11:04 P.M. — CBS News characterizes the recall race as “lean no,” citing its exit polls.
From @CBSNews: At poll closing, CBS News can characterize the California recall race as “lean no” based on our exit polls.
“No” is a vote to retain Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).#CARecall
— WTIC 1080 (@WTIC1080) September 15, 2021
11:02 P.M. —
Covering the Larry Elder election night party in Costa Mesa, Orange County for @NPR @KPCC @LAist. As recall voting comes to a close across California, and supporters filter into the Hilton ballroom, the band plays “What A Day For A Daydream.” pic.twitter.com/RbDnNlKYHk
— Libby Denkmann (@libdenk) September 15, 2021
11:00 P.M. — The polls are now closed in the recall election.
10:55 P.M. — A preliminary exit poll finding shows most recall voters approve of the job done by President Joe Biden.
Another preliminary exit poll finding: most #CARecall voters approve of job President Biden’s doing
Not all Biden approvers will vote No on recall, but it’s a positive sign for Newsom in era of nationalized politics
Note: preliminary estimates can change in final data weighting pic.twitter.com/DXT3w213vj
— Kabir Khanna (@kabir_here) September 15, 2021
10:51 P.M. —
A mood of very tempered optimism in Costa Mesa as Larry Elder supporters begin to file into the ballroom for his election night party (doors just opened to public):
“We’re all optimistic but you also have to be somewhat realist too,” says Andrew Ten (left) of Monterey Park. pic.twitter.com/1MiIvARvC5
— Julia Wick (@sherlyholmes) September 15, 2021
10:50 P.M. — The recall price tag could total over $300 million, according to California’s secretary of state.
10:45 P.M. —
.@SteveKornacki on California recall election: “The rule of thumb is this — the recall needs to be running about 16 points better in any given county than Trump ran. That’s how Democratic the state is. That’s the challenge for recall supporters.” pic.twitter.com/6IlU3nbUPM
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 15, 2021
10:40 P.M. —
A set of numbers to keep in mind tonight:
In 2003 Davis recall, there were 9,413,494 ballots cast *overall*.
But 429,431 voters didn’t vote on Q1 (recall Davis) and 755,575 didn’t vote on Q2 (who replaces him).
Tonight? We’ll see…
— John Myers (@johnmyers) September 15, 2021
10:30 P.M. — NBC News reports: “An NBC News exit poll found voters likely sided with Newsom on the public health measures, with a plurality, or 45 percent, saying Newsom’s Covid policies are right, compared to 32 percent who said the measures are too strict. Another 17 percent said they aren’t strict enough.”
10:15 P.M. — Team Newsom believes it has the recall in the bag, saying there is no “scenario where we lose.”
“I don’t see a scenario where we’re not talking about a victory for the governor and a complete rejection of this appalling partisan power grab,” said Newsom strategist Sean Clegg, according to Fox News. “I think what we’re seeing in our projections in the early vote is we’re performing so well we might reach a point where there’s not enough Republican vote left on the table for them to overtake us. We’ll let you know when we reach that.”
10:06 P.M. —
Happy recall election night from @larryelder HQ in Orange County, California. While the first batch of results are due in under an hour, not a lot of action here yet. They are setting up a band. pic.twitter.com/o1BNiNgAFh
— Nikki Schwab (@NikkiSchwab) September 15, 2021
9:56 P.M. — Polls close in around an hour.
Ready for CA recall coverage – first results a little more than an hour away — blue is NO on recall; red is YES. pic.twitter.com/IbCtXxyji6
— John King (@JohnKingCNN) September 15, 2021
9:46 P.M. — Larry Elder tells Fox News host Sean Hannity that long lines at the polls are a positive sign for his campaign. Hannity says he’s hoping for a “political explosion” that ends with Newsom losing the recall election.
Larry Elder gives the latest on his run for Governor of California pic.twitter.com/0FFxYOC9WO
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) September 15, 2021
9:34 P.M. — Republican candidate John Cox says the top three issues facing the state are: homelessness, housing, and wildfires.
KUSI’s Teresa Sardina joined gubernatorial candidate John Cox as the recall ballots roll in tonight.
Cox gave his thoughts on California’s three major issues: homelessness, housing, and wildfires. pic.twitter.com/WVvWUDlC0b
— KUSI News (@KUSINews) September 15, 2021
9:18 P.M. — California State Sen. Steve Glazer announces that tomorrow he will propose changes to future state recall elections.
Irrespective of the preliminary recall election results tonight, Assembly Elections chair @Marc_Berman and I as chair of the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee will release a joint statement tomorrow morning discussing our plans to fix a broken recall system
— Steve Glazer (@Steve_Glazer) September 15, 2021
9:17 P.M. —
Currently the share of Latino voters is a bit lower than it was in the 2020 general election, but higher than it was in the 2018 gubernatorial race, which Newsom won by 23 points. Latinos are somewhat divided on whether Newsom’s COVID policies have been too strict or about right.
— CBS News Politics (@CBSPolitics) September 15, 2021
9:01 P.M. — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) says Newsom has done a “good” job as governor despite his poor handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the state’s recall effort was fuelled by fury over the economy and climate change.
Sen. Bernie Sanders: The California gubernatorial recall effort is being fueled by anger over Covid-19, the economy and climate change https://t.co/M27VAsSmIx pic.twitter.com/f4fmMq9tyk
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) September 15, 2021
9:00 P.M. — Palo Alto’s Cubberley Community Center is packed with so many voters that it called in four more poll workers.
“We’ve been working our butts off,” said Peggy Keep, a poll worker, sinking into a red-and-gray lawn chair to eat her first meal of the day at 3:30 p.m.
8:45 P.M. — While polls have yet to close, 43 percent of California’s electorate is said to have already voted in the recall election, according to the New York Times.
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