LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Preliminary results from California’s gubernatorial recall election on Tuesday indicate that Gov. Gavin Newsom has escaped recall.

Statewide, as of 2:55 a.m. Wednesday, the Secretary of State’s Office said 100% of precincts statewide — 18,185 in all — were “partially reporting” since vote-by-mail, provisional and other ballots will continue to be processed for several weeks to come.

The preliminary statewide count showed the recall failing by a wide margin, with a 63.9% “no” vote and a 36.1% “yes” vote.

Ballots cast against the recall totaled 5,840,283 in the initial count, compared to 3,297,145 ballots in favor of removing Newsom from office.

In Lake County, the Registrar of Voters Office posted preliminary results for vote-by-mail and in-person voting for all 70 precincts shortly before 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.

A total of 9,372 ballots were cast, of which 37 were undervotes and two were overvotes, the elections office said.

Of those ballots, 8,816 were vote-by-mail, or absentee, and 517 were cast in the 22 polling places open across the county for the Tuesday special election.

Based on those preliminary results, Lake County voters rejected recalling Newsom with a 62.48% “no” vote, or 5,605 ballots cast, compared to a 37.52% “yes” vote, which accounted for 3,728 ballots.

Of the 46 alternate candidates on the ballot, Larry Elder received the most votes in Lake County’s preliminary results, with 1,907. The rest of the top 10 included John Cox, 495; Kevin Kiley, 317; Kevin Paffrath, 277; Patrick Kilpatrick, 269; Brandon M. Ross, 232; Kevin L. Faulconer, 196; Joel Ventresca, 145; Jacqueline McGowan, 142; and Caitlyn Jenner, 85.

Those counts are expected to change as more ballots come in.

The Secretary of State’s Office said mailed ballots had to be postmarked on or before Sept. 14, and must be received by the county elections office no later than Sept. 21 in order to be counted.

The Registrar of Voters Office reported that the official canvass will commence on Thursday, Sept. 16, at 9 a.m.

The Secretary of State’s Office said the results will be certified by Oct. 22.

The recall attempt of Newsom was the 55th filed against a governor of California since the actions were first taken in 1913, according to state records.

Only one governor — Democrat Gray Davis — has been successfully recalled since that time.

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