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In a recall election, Gov. Newsom could get more votes than his replacement — and still lose his job.

How California’s recall election rules could spell trouble for Gavin Newsom Ben Christopher CalMatters If recalls followed the rules of a normal California election — the person who wins a majority of the votes wins — then Gov. Gavin Newsom, an incumbent Democrat in a thoroughly Democratic state, would have nothing to worry about.  But unfortunately for him, a California recall is not like an ordinary California election.  “It really is its own animal,” said Ken Miller, a Claremont McKenna College political science professor. One part standard-issue candidate race, one part fre...