There are 46 candidates certified for California's gubernatorial recall election on Sept. 14.
On the ballot, voters will be presented with the question, "Shall Gavin Newsom be recalled (removed) from the office of governor?"
If voters choose to do so, they can select their choice to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom from a list of all qualified candidates. Leading up to the recall election, "Inside the Issues" is recapping the 46 replacement candidates for governor.
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Rhonda Furin is a Republican originally from Minnesota but has lived in California since 1996. She's a retired teacher and an advocate for school choice. One of her main campaign platforms is "Stopping Socialism."
James G. Hanink is a former Loyola Marymount University philosophy professor and a member of the American Solidarity Party, whose platform is "founded on an unwavering commitment to defend life and to promote policies that safeguard the intrinsic dignity of the human person from conception until natural death." To that end, Hanink believes that Roe v. Wade should be overturned.
Dan Kapelovitz is a member of the Green Party from Los Angeles. He's a criminal defense attorney who's supported Bernie Sanders in past presidential elections and is in favor of implementing a ranked-choice voting system.
Michael Loebs is a political science lecturer at San Francisco State University and a member of the California National Party, which advocates for secession from the United States and universal basic income and single-payer health care.
Jacqueline McGowan is a Democrat who lives in Napa. She's a former stockbroker and current cannabis small business consultant and lobbyist whose platform includes declaring cannabis as an agricultural product to "alleviate over-regulation at the local level."
David Moore, a public school teacher from Emeryville, was the Socialist Equality Party's candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is now running for governor. He believes in open borders and told the San Diego Union-Tribune, "This country was founded on open immigration and the simple conception that 'all men are created equal.' The thought that we should be turning away people who want to live and work in the U.S. is anti-democratic and inhumane."
Democrat Joel Ventresca has worked for the city and county of San Francisco on the airport and aging commissions. He was also on the executive committee of the Services Employees International Union, and his main priorities are providing free health care and education "cradle to grave" for all Californians.
Daniel Watts, a lawyer specializing in first amendment cases, is a Democrat from Vista. He believes that "students' First Amendment rights are under assault on California's campuses." He previously ran for governor in 2003 when he was a college student.