September 14, 2021
Gov. Gavin Newsom resoundingly beats back recall election
Democratic voters rally around the California governor in the closing days of the campaign, in a strong turnout to keep him in office.
Elections have a major impact on California education. Voters have passed ballot measures that set the level of state education funding. They banned bilingual education and later reversed that ban. Voters elect the state superintendent of public instruction and local school board members. And they elect governors who have power over school funding, appointing members to the State Board of Education and to the UC Board of Regents and the CSU Board of Trustees.