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| Larry Elder |
Talk radio host Larry Elder has fortified his ascendant status among Republicans who want to replace Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in a September recall election, raising $4.5 million for his campaign in just 19 days and rapidly eclipsing prominent rivals, government records showed Friday.
The Associated Press reports Elder’s surge of donations, which he collected from his entry into the race on July 12 through July 31, moved his fundraising totals beyond other high-profile Republicans, including Kevin Faulconer, the former San Diego mayor who has been raising money for months for 2021 and 2022 campaigns.
Elder’s donations averaged $235,000 for each day he had been in the race, and he has continued to pile up thousands more in August. Meanwhile, Elder has risen to the front of polls for GOP candidates in the Sept. 14 election, which also show an increasingly close race for Newsom, despite California’s heavy Democratic tilt.
Elder ended July with about $2.3 million in the bank, after covering expenses.
Elder’s swift rise to prominence has drawn the attention of Newsom, who told campaign volunteers Thursday that Elder was out of step with California families and mainstream values.
On Friday, in remarks that appeared aimed at the nationally syndicated radio host, Newsom told reporters in San Bernardino County that Elder “believes the minimum wage should be zero ... believes women do not have the right to choose and wants to overturn Roe v. Wade ... believes we need more offshore oil drilling and fracking” in the state.
Elder campaign spokeswoman Ying Ma said in a statement that “Newsom is running scared. He cannot defend his horrendous record on crime, homelessness, the rising cost of living, water shortages, uncontrollable wildfires and tyrannical COVID lockdowns.”
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