I live in CA also...
Do I believe that Newsom avoided being recalled because Democrats committed some election fraud?
No...
Too many CA voters are willing to vote for Newsom rather for some GOP candidate like Elder...
Larry Elder pointed out that Newsom did a horrible job as a governor...But, people did not care...
Newsom aired TV ads linking Elder to President Trump...I think those ads were effective...Many CA voters refused to vote for somebody who is like President Trump...They rather vote for some Democrat like Gavin Newsom...
I do not like to say this...CA is a very liberal state...I wish that was not the case...
Sorry, Elder is horrible. He said Biden won fair and square. IMHO, Kevin Kiley is/was 100% better.