“Caitlyn is not running for governor, she never thought of running for governor and is very happy to do the work she is doing to promote LGBT rights and spend time with her 18 grandchildren and 10 children,” said Hutchins in a statement.
It is not the first time that Jenner, 71, who starred in the hit show “Keeping Upset with the Kardashians”, is mentioned as a possible Republican political candidate. In 2017, Jenner said he was considering challenging Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Although Jenner finally didn’t run.
Jenner, a former Olympic gold medalist decathlete who came out in 2015 as a transgender, has been a politically active voice in recent years. After supporting former President Donald Trump in the 2016 election, she criticized him harshly for his policies towards the LGBTQ community. In 2018, she wrote an article in the Washington Post in which she argued that the “trans community is being relentlessly attacked by this president”.
Jenner’s extended family also played an important role in politics. Kim Kardashian West, who was Jenner’s stepdaughter before Jenner’s divorce from Kris Jenner, worked with Trump on issues related to criminal justice reform.
The last time California had a revocation election was in 2003, when then Gov. Gray Davis was expelled from office and replaced by Schwarzenegger, a Republican. Schwarzenegger, a professional bodybuilder and Hollywood actor, initially said he would not run for governor, but then announced his candidacy on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
The 2003 recall ballot, which featured more than 100 candidates, which in addition to Schwazenegger included entertainment figures such as the late actor Gary Coleman, the late “Hustler” editor Larry Flynt and porn star Mary Carey.
With Newsom’s poll numbers dropping, the likelihood of an electoral recall has strengthened in recent weeks. Organizers say they have gathered 1.4 million signatures and project that they will have 1.6 million by the end of the weekend. They must send 1.5 million valid signatures to the secretary of state.
National Republicans took the first step towards investing in the California recall on Thursday, with the Republican National Committee announcing plans to invest $ 250,000 in an effort to qualify the recall for voting.
Republican candidates began to emerge. John Cox, a wealthy businessman who was defeated by Newsom in 2018, announced his candidacy, as did former San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer. Trump’s allies are encouraging Ric Grenell, who served as ambassador to Germany and director of national intelligence in the Trump administration, to run.