After all, Caitlyn Jenner She won’t be the next governor of California, and she doesn’t seem to have made much of an impression on state voters.
Running as a Republican candidate in the recall elections that ended last Tuesday, the former Olympian received roughly 55,000 votes (or 1.1 percent) of the 68 percent of the ballots reported so far.
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In contrast, Democratic incumbent Governor Gavin Newsom received about 5.8 million votes to keep him in office and was declared the winner shortly after the polls closed. “Tonight I am humble, grateful”, said.
After the results were released, the reality star told reporters that Newsom’s victory was a “disgrace”:
“I can’t believe so many people have voted to keep him in office.” Caitlyn said.
Republican leader, conservative radio host and media personality Larry Elder led among all Newsom opponents with at least 2.3 million votes.
But Jenner, 71, says she is not done with politics, recently telling The Washington Post that she would not rule out another run for governor, or perhaps the Senate, emphasizing that she was a moderate Republican among the 46 names they expected. overthrow Newsom.
“That is one of the things that I will continue to fight for in the future: is the Republican Party more moderate and more inclusive with the people? No matter what happens in this campaign, I will continue that fight,” Jenner said in his interview in the post. published the Tuesday before the polls close. “The Republican Party needs to change and, to be honest with you, I am the model for change. A little joke, but it is what they have to do.”
Elder had declined to say whether he would accept the election results, instead alluding to allegations of unproven fraud, echoing former US President Donald Trump.
Newsom had repeatedly invoked Trump to urge voters not to replace him with Elder.
“It was kind of a gift that Democrats needed to attack right now and I feel in many ways that [Elder] he’s only helped Gavin Newsom with this recall, “Jenner told the Post this week.” California is really center, maybe center-left, and when Larry came in, we lost that. “
However, on Tuesday, Kim Kardashian’s former stepfather also began to dismiss unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in the recall elections.
“We need integrity in elections! It should be easy to vote legally and impossible to cheat,” he tweeted. “Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy. #VoteYesOnTheRecall.”
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It was the latest example of how Jenner’s alleged pitch to California’s Democratic majority had skyrocketed while he was running as a Republican. She made headlines shortly after announcing her campaign when she backed legislation to prevent transgender girls from playing sports that match their gender identity.
And after a highly restrictive abortion law was enacted in Texas, Jenner said she supported women’s choice and supported the power of states to make laws.
Midway through her campaign, the former athlete paused to film Big Brother VIP in Australia, along with Omarosa Manigault Newman and others. As for what the Kardashian-Jenner clan, a few months ago it was said that supposedly there have always been different political opinions within the family. But they all agree that they want Caitlyn to be happy.
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