How to watch the California recall results
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Voters in California will go to the polls on Tuesday to decide if Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, should be recalled. There are 46 candidates challenging Newsom, with conservative talk show host Larry Elder, once seen as a longshot candidate, having emerged as the frontrunner.
Although Democrats hold a massive advantage in party registration, and no Republican has won a statewide race since 2006, California's current crises and an energized GOP have caused Newsom and national Democrats to worry. Democrats nationwide are watching the race closely as a possible bellwether to the 2022 midterm elections, since they hold a slim majority in the House and the Senate is split evenly at 50-50. Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to San Leandro, California, last week to campaign with Newsom, and President Biden will visit the state on Monday to campaign and tour wildfire damage.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.