If Gavin Newsom falls in a recall election, here’s who could be poised to take his place.
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ell, well, well, how the tables have turned, now the shoe is on the other foot, etc., etc., etc. While Ron DeSantis basks in the Florida sun and Greg Abbott does the same in Texas now that it’s clear they did not turn their respective states into Jonestown-style death cults, Andrew Cuomo and Gavin Newsom — once hailed as the political heroes of the COVID-19 crisis — are floundering.
So weakened is Newsom that he faces an all-but-certain recall election in deep-blue California. Around 1.3 million signatures of the 2.1 million turned in by organizers have already been verified. To trigger …