Total Voters: 12,892,578.
Plurality: 3,046,619 (23.76 percentage points).

Gubernatorial Replacement Candidates

Larry A. Elder (R)	3,563,867	48.4%
Kevin Paffrath (D)	706,778	9.6%
Kevin L. Faulconer (R)	590,346	8.0%
Brandon M. Ross (D)	392,029	5.3%
John Cox (R)	305,095	4.1%
Kevin Kiley (R)	255,490	3.5%
Jacqueline McGowan (D)	214,242	2.9%
Joel Ventresca (D)	186,345	2.5%
Daniel Watts (D)	167,355	2.5%
Holly L. Baade (D)	92,218	2.3%
Patrick Kilpatrick (D)	86,617	1.3%
A. "Mando" Perez-Serrato (D)	85,061	1.2%
Caitlyn Jenner (R)	75,215	1.2%
33 others and 7 wins at <1% each	640,910
	7,361,568

Gov. Gavin Newsom secured a resounding win in the Sept. 14 recall election, strengthening his position as he looks ahead to his re-election campaign in 2022.  Newsom needed to win more than 50% of the vote to remain as governor; if he had fallen below 50% the top vote-getter would have replaced him as the next governor.  

Newsom's win was not a surprise.  Democrats enjoy a huge registration advantage in the Golden State; the Secretary of State's final report from Aug 30, 2021 showed 22,057,154 registered voters (out of 24,819,858 eligible); of these 10.3 million (46.54%) were registered Democratic, 5.3 million (24.02%) Republican, 5.1 million (23.15%) no party preference and the remainder (a bit more than 6%) other (>).  Nevertheless, polls in early August did show the recall vote might be close (>), and the presence of forty-six candidates on the ballot seeking to replace Newsom made for an interesting campaign.

"No" won 61.88% of the statewide vote; interestingly, the counties were evenly split—"No" won a majority in 29 counties and "Yes" in 29 counties.