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This week’s R&D covers Tuesday’s California recall election.  Governor Gavin Newsom survived the recall effort, with 64% of voters (as of the time of this writing) voting “No” to his ouster.  Republican Larry Elder won the most votes on the second ballot question of who would replace Newsom if the recall was successful.  Some analysts argue that the results bode well for a Democratic midterm strategy of connecting Republican candidates to former President Donald Trump.