Will Gavin Newsom be the second Democratic California governor to be recalled and removed from office in this (or the last) century? Polls suggest that’s one possible result of next month’s recall election.

If so, it would be a startling result. We have just seen the second consecutive Democratic elected governor of heavily Democratic (61% Biden) New York, in both cases for alleged sexual misconduct. It would be more politically significant for a second consecutive Democratic elected governor of an even more heavily Democratic (63% Biden) California to get the boot for policy reasons.