{"id":5901,"date":"2021-04-23T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=5901"},"modified":"2021-04-23T11:29:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T18:29:45","slug":"caitlyn-jenner-running-for-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=5901","title":{"rendered":"Caitlyn Jenner is Officially Running for Governor of California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Amanda Angulo<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Friday, Republican Caitlyn Jenner went to Twitter to announce that she is running for Governor of California, hoping to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is facing a recall. In her Twitter post, she also included a press release that states she has filed initial paperwork to run.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, her statement has also made it clear that she believes there needs to be a change in California\u2019s Democrat party-lock. Friday was also the day that her <a href=\"http:\/\/caitlynjenner.com\/\">campaign website<\/a> launched.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m in! California is worth fighting for. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a1SfOAMZQ3\">https:\/\/t.co\/a1SfOAMZQ3<\/a> to follow or donate today. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RecallNewsom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RecallNewsom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9yCck3KK4D\">pic.twitter.com\/9yCck3KK4D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Caitlyn_Jenner\/status\/1385592674921578497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jenner believes that due to her 3.5 million following, she will be able to get the word out in a faster way and has encouraged her followers to visit her campaign website \u201cCaitlyn for California.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 71-year-old celebrity and former Olympian has been preparing for her campaign and has even constructed a team of Republican operatives to help. Tony Fabrizio, a 2016 and 2020 Trump presidential campaign pollster, and Steven Cheug, a Trump White House and reelection campaign aide who has also worked on the successful 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2019s recall election victory are just 2 of the people who have joined her team in hopes to get her to Sacramento.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jenner has described herself as socially liberal and fiscally conservative. \u201cI am a proven winner and the only outsider who can put an end to Gavin Newsom\u2019s disastrous time as Governor,\u201d stated Jenner in her press release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result of being a celebrity running for office, some believe that this will be the beginning of a long line of celebrity and novelty candidates, as was seen in California\u2019s first successful gubernatorial recall on Gov. Gray Davis in 2003.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2003, Terminator-actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was the victor of the 2003 recall election.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jenner\u2019s press release has ended with \u201cI\u2019m in!\u201d demonstrating her dedication and motivation to remove Newsom from office.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Amanda Angulo On Friday, Republican Caitlyn Jenner went to Twitter to announce that she is running for Governor of California, hoping to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is facing a recall. In her Twitter post, she also included a press release that states she has filed initial paperwork to run. 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