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EXPLAINER: How California could recall its governor

Newsom was elected in a 2018 landslide but his popularity tumbled over frustration with school and business closings in the pandemic.

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FILE - In this June 15, 2021, file photo California Gov. Gavin Newsom talks during a news conference at Universal Studios in Universal City, Calif. Newsom will face more than three dozen people who have filed the required paperwork to run in the Sept. 14 recall election that could remove him from office. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a recall election Sept. 14 that could remove him from office.

Forty-one people qualified to run as candidates seeking to replace Newsom, but the field remains unsettled because Republican talk show host Larry Elder is challenging a state decision to reject his candidacy.

The secretary of state says Elder filed incomplete tax returns that are required to run. Elder denies that.

Newsom was elected in a 2018 landslide but his popularity tumbled over frustration with school and business closings in the pandemic.

Other Republican candidates include businessman John Cox and former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer.

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