The Northern California Republican Assemblyman who sued Gov. Gavin Newsom over COVID-19 restrictions and who helped lead the recall movement against him announced Tuesday he's running for governor. "It's official," Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Rocklin said in a statement. "I'm running to replace Gavin Newsom as the governor of California." His new campaign website, KileyForCalifornia.com, states that in the 2020 election, Kiley "received more votes than any Republican in California history" and that he is "the only 100 percent citizen-backed California elected official, refusing all funding from the Special Interests that have spent tens of millions electing Gavin Newsom." Over the next 70 days, Kiley said he will "fight in every way I can to get our movement across the finish line. We're in it to win."