A series of looming deadlines, a late census count, plus a slew of retirements are making state election officials nervous about the logistics of a June primary.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is painting the effort to remove him from office as a partisan power grab. But among those who signed the recall petition are Democrats and independent voters frustrated by his pandemic policies.
Local Dems who had spent months organizing for party causes and candidates -- members of the "Highland Alliance" and others -- joined the party in the park.