Tag: California recall election

Opposition to Recall of San Francisco Progressive Prosecutor Funded With Out of State Donations

As San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin faces a recall election in two months, out-of-state and legal profession donors have chipped in big to keep him in office. Boudin, a former public defender and son of incarcerated parents, was elected in late 2019 on a progressive platform to reduce the prison population and prosecute police…


Larry Elder Won’t Run for California Governor Again in 2022

LOS ANGELES—Republican radio talk-show host Larry Elder announced on Jan. 4 that he will not run against Gov. Gavin Newsom for California governor this year. Though last September’s recall effort—rejected by about two-thirds of voters—failed to remove Newsom, Elder was supported by over 48 percent of the approximately 7.4 million voters who selected a replacement…


EXCLUSIVE: Larry Elder Reflects on the California Recall Election, with Former State Sen. John Moorlach

“Only in America can a black person be president of the United States and be ‘the face of white supremacy,’” says Larry Elder. “Is this a great country, or what?” Last Friday, we flew down to Orange County, California to do a live interview about the outcome of the recent recall election. We spoke with…


Abandon Ship! Time for Conservatives to Leave California

Commentary I had been intending—hoping against hope perhaps—to write a very different column. I had made contact with my old friend in the Elder Campaign, Lionel Chetwynd, now Larry’s campaign chairman, to keep me apprised from the inside as the gubernatorial recall election transpired and the once-gorgeous state of California finally revived from its years…