Elder also appeared alongside actress and #MeToo activist Rose McGowan, who endorsed the candidate over the weekend. McGowan said before she went
Elder also appeared alongside actress and #MeToo activist Rose McGowan, who endorsed the candidate over the weekend. McGowan said before she went public with rape allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, Newsom’s wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, had tried to intervene on behalf of Weinstein’s lawyers. Newsom’s team called her charges “fabricated” and untrue.
Kevin Paffrath, a Democrat, 29-year-old YouTube phenomenon and real-estate investor, turned out to be one of the surprises of the recall. Established Democratic candidates were discouraged from entering the race, and Paffrath’s nearly 2 million followers helped make him stand out as the most popular Democrat on the replacement ballot.
Reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner entered the race with fanfare and plenty of tabloid attention, but political gaffes, including a decision to abandon the campaign at its height to appear in an Australian reality show, turned her into a footnote with just 1 percent in the polls by the end.
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