Why is Newsom facing recall? Here’s what you need to know about California’s politics

Should he stay or should he go? That’s the big question facing California’s 22 million voters about their Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is facing a recall election next Tuesday. To sort out what’s at stake for Newsom and the 46 candidates vying to replace him, Judy Woodruff turns to Scott Shafer, the politics and government editor for public media station KQED in San Francisco.

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