California's Recall Election of Gavin Newsom: COVID-19 and the Test of Leadership

by Larry N Gerston, Garrick L Percival, Mary Currin-Percival

Book Overview

California went through a political earthquake of sorts when the state recalled Governor Gray Davis in 2003. In 2021, the state faced another political turning point with the threatened recall of Governor Gavin Newsom. Less than two years after Newsom's overwhelming election victory, more than two million Californians signed on to the recall effort, hoping to expel him from office in a special election. How could such a monumental turnabout be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032109688
• ISBN13: 9781032109688
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"