Jennifer Medina, Reporting from Los Angeles Sept. 14, 2021
Gov. Gavin Newsom is speaking now. “No is not the only thing that was expressed tonight,” he says. “We said yes to science, yes to vaccines, yes to ending this pandemic.”
Jeremy W. Peters, Reporting from Orange County 1:01 AM ET
A lot of Republicans said they would have done better without a polemicist like Larry Elder, the conservative radio host, as their leading candidate. But given the state of the GOP today, that might not be true. Even in California.
Jennifer Medina, Reporting from Los Angeles 1:14 AM ET
Both the California GOP and leading Republican candidate Larry Elder have conceded the race, a notable development given how much they did to sow distrust, without evidence, in the results before Election Day.
Conor Dougherty, Reporting from Oakland 1:38 AM ET
Some California Democrats are (optimistically) suggesting that the recall may end up paying dividends in 2022, laying the foundation for a get-out-the-vote effort that will help the party retake the House seats they lost in 2020.
When will we know the results of the election?
Counties have 30 days after the election to complete the official canvass. Complete results will not be available immediately after the polls close. Under an extension of pandemic voting rules, mail-in ballots were sent weeks ago to all 22 million or so voters in California, and election workers have been readying them for counting as voters return them. But many voters plan to cast their ballots in person, and there will be a wait for provisional ballots and those that are not mailed until the Sept. 14 election deadline.