Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman who is the 40th governor of California, serving since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
Gay California Democrat joins Grindr to campaign against recall of LGBTQ ally Gov. Gavin Newsom
metroweekly.comCalifornia Secretary of State’s website.To mount a recall, opponents simply have to gather petition signatures from a number of registered voters equal to 12% of the turnout vote in the last gubernatorial election.
Signatures from at least five counties must each equal 1% of the total number of votes cast in the last election for governor in the county.
Opponents of Newsom submitted more than 1.7 million signatures, well in excess of the 1,495,709 required to trigger a recall election.A recall election against sitting Gov.
Gray Davis (D) over the state’s energy crisis in 2003 resulted in actor and former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) becoming the state’s governor.On Sept.
