In California, Costly Spectacle Looms in Bid to Oust Newsom
- Billionaires already giving to campaigns taking unlimited cash
- Republicans taking aim at Democrat Newsom’s pandemic response
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The effort to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom is shaping up to be an expensive national spectacle as unlimited fund-raising and partisan interests converge in the most populous U.S. state.
On one side are the state Republican party and tycoons including investor Chamath Palihapitiya, who are seeking to remove the ambitious Democrat amid anger over the pandemic and strict business shutdowns. Newsom comes armed with a stash of wealthy contributors and backing from prominent progressive figures such as Stacey Abrams and Elizabeth Warren.