California recall election cost $200 million, top elections official says
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The unsuccessful special election to remove California Gov. Gavin Newsom from office cost state and local governments more than $200 million, according to a final tally released Thursday by state elections officials.
The total cost of the statewide Sept. 14 recall election — in which voters overwhelmingly rejected the effort to oust Newsom — was a
