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Gavin Newsom: “We eventually pulled it out by 20 points.”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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One on One with California Governor Gavin Newsom

Published | Video Starts at 39:54

… tried to take me out of mid year election and there was moment where I thought I was going down. There were some polls that were within a couple percentage. We eventually pulled it out by 20 points. But it woke me up to this new world. I came out of that a different guy ran for reelection, won by 20 points, only to have the fires a year or so ago in la. (39:54–39:58)

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Asserts that he won the recall election by a margin of 20 points.

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