8/9/2022- 10:15 a.m.
Roughly 90 percent of the delegates who were at the party’s virtual meeting supported not endorsing one candidate.
They were reportedly planning on choosing which candidate to endorse out of a small group of four, according to Politico.
The California Republican Party will not endorse a candidate in the state’s upcoming recall election, as 24 GOP candidates campaign to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.).
Twenty-four percent of California voters are registered as Republicans. Californians will weigh in on the recall election on Sept. 14. The ballot will ask voters two question: first, whether Newsom should be removed, then who should replace him.
If a majority of voters support Newson’s recall, the candidate who receives the most votes in the second question will win the governorship, the news wire noted.Recent polls in the Golden State show that voters are deadlocked on whether or not to oust the first-term governor.
A poll conducted between Aug. 2 and Aug. 4 by Survey USA for the San Diego Union Tribune found that 51 percent of respondents would vote to remove Newsom from office if held that day, compared to 40 percent who said they wanted the governor to remain in his post.
The poll did not report a traditional margin of error, but the credibility interval was five percentage points.
Another survey conducted between July 30 and Aug. 1 by the California Emerson College and Nexstar Media Group found that 46 percent of likely voters supported Newsom’s recall with 48 opposed and six percent undecided.
The margin of error was plus or minus three percentage points.
A petition to recall Newsom began circulating in February 2020 following frustrations with how the governor was dealing with issues like immigration, homelessness and property taxes, according to ABC 7 in Los Angeles.Irritation with Newsom, however, increased in the following months during the COVID-19 pandemic, with many criticizing his reopening effort.
Anger spiked when the governor was seen dining at a fancy restaurant while the state was still under tight restrictions and most residents were being told to stay home.
