Caitlyn Jenner says she’s filed paperwork to run for California governor
Up to date: 9:53 AM CDT Apr 23, 2023
TONI: EFFORTS TO RECALL GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ARE REACHING A CRITICAL PHASE THIS WEEK. COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIALS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THEIR FINAL TALLY OF VOTER SIGNATURE KCRA 3 POLITICAL ANALYST AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF RANDLE COMMUNICATIONS, KEVIN RIGGS, JOINS US FOR THE RIGGSREPORT WHAT’S THE LIKELY SCENARIO FOR WHEN THE ELECTION WILL BE HELD? KEVIN: THERE IS NO REAL SUSPENSE THIS MORNING ABOUT WHETHER THE RECALL ELECTION WILL GO FORWARD. AT THIS POINT, IT IS ALL ABOUT MATCHING THE CALENDAR. BOTH CAMPAIGNS ARE GEARING UP FOR AN ELECTION THAT WILL GO MID FALL TO THE MID TO LATE NOVEMBER. REPUBLICAN ORGANIZERS HAVE GATHERED MORE THAN 2 MILLION POTENTIAL SIGNATURES. THE FINAL DEADLIN IS LATE NEXT WEEK. THE SECRETARY OF STATE THEN HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ANNOUNCING THAT THE ELECTION WILL GO FORWARD ONCE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PREPARES A ESTIMATE ON WHAT THE ELECTION WILL COST AND AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD IN WHICH VOTERS CAN WITHDRAW THEIR NAMES FROM THOSE PETITIONS IF THEY CHOOSE. ALL OF THAT THEN OPENS THE DOOR FOR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO SET AN ELECTIO DATE SOMEWHERE AROUND THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. TONI HOW SERIOUSLY DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNORS TAKING THIS THREAT OF A RECALL? KEVIN: HE HAS TO, HIS CAMPAIGN IS RAISING MONEY TO GO TO WAR CHEST AND IS FRAMING THIS AS AN EFFORT BY PRO-TRUMP FORCES TO GAIN THE GOVERNORSHIP ALTHOUGH TRUMP HIMSELF HAS NOT WEIGHED IN AS OF YET. IN A BLUE STATE LIKE CALIFORNIA, NEWSOM OUGHT TO BE IN A STRONG POSITION TO SURVIV THIS, BUT IT DEPENDS ON HOW WELL THE POSE PANDEMIC REOPENING AND RECOVERY GOES OF BOTH THE ECONOMY AND THE SCHOOLS, IF INFECTION RATES SPIKE AND RESTRICTIONS HAVE TO REIMPOSED, THAT WOULD STIR VOTER ANGER ONCE AGAIN. SECONDLY, IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER NEWSOM CAN AVOID ANOTHER BLUNDER LIKE THE ONE LAST FALL WHEN HE ATTENDED A DINNER WITH LOBBYISTS AT THE FRENCH LAUNDRY RESTAURANT AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE WERE BEING URGED TO STAY HOME. IT WAS A POTENT EXAMPLE OF HIM COMMITTING AN UNFORCED ERROR AND HANDING HIS OPPONENTS AMMUNITION TO BE USED AGAINST HIM. TONI: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT POTENTIAL COMPETITION? ARE ANY OF HIS FELLOW DEMOCRATS LIKELY TO ENTER THE RACE? KEVIN: THAT WOULD BE A BIG HEADACHE FOR HE AND HIS TEAM. SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE LA RECALL IN 2003 AGAINST RAY DAVIS, BAC THEN, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MADE THE MOVE AND BECAME A CANDIDATE. HE SENT OF OWNERS A SPLIT AND CONFUSING MESSAGE SAYING H REFUSED THE RECALL, BUT VOTE FOR HIM JUST IN CASE. THAT KIND OF DIVIDED MESSAGE IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HURT NEWSOM AT A TIME WHEN HE IS TOUTING SUPPORT. TONI THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR VIEW. KE
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Caitlyn Jenner says she’s filed paperwork to run for California governor
Up to date: 9:53 AM CDT Apr 23, 2023
Caitlyn Jenner introduced Friday on Twitter that she has filed paperwork to run for governor of California.”I am in! California is value preventing for,” Jenner mentioned in a tweet. She says there will probably be a extra formal announcement within the coming weeks.Jenner, a actuality TV star and former Olympian, is a longtime Republican.California ought to formally know by late subsequent week what political insiders already know — {that a} overview of petitions by elections officers will open the door to a particular election searching for the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Given bureaucratic procedures, it seems seemingly that the recall, solely the second of its variety within the state’s historical past, will probably be scheduled for a while across the Thanksgiving vacation.
Caitlyn Jenner introduced Friday on Twitter that she has filed paperwork to run for governor of California.
“I am in! California is value preventing for,” Jenner mentioned in a tweet. She says there will probably be a extra formal announcement within the coming weeks.
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Jenner, a actuality TV star and former Olympian, is a longtime Republican.
California ought to formally know by late subsequent week what political insiders already know — {that a} overview of petitions by elections officers will open the door to a particular election searching for the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Given bureaucratic procedures, it seems seemingly that the recall, solely the second of its variety within the state’s historical past, will probably be scheduled for a while across the Thanksgiving vacation.
