Talk:2022 California gubernatorial election/Archive 1

Formatting
do we really have enough candidates to justify that granularity of formatting? Wouldn't disagree with that styling at a later date, but currently we have more section headings than we do candidates which looks a bit excessive. Best, Darren-M   talk  22:21, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

maybe not, but the page looked like an absolute trainwreck before I edited it. Candidates (declared or otherwise) from different parties were lumped into the same categories and for some reason, Newsom's potential candidacy was mixed in with the citations. And yes perhaps it looks excessive, but at least it's organized :) --Hayden64 (talk) 22:32, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , Could we maybe remove the superfluous 'candidates' section heading? That would cut 3 unnecessary sections out overall which would help slightly.
 * I wonder whether a table would be a better wholesale change though? Could have columns of Name, affiliation, occupation, and status which would be cleaner than having many different sections? Would still be ok to have a table each for Dem/Rep/Other I think. Thoughts? Darren-M   talk  22:46, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah I can remove the candidates section. Not too sure about the table though since tables for candidates don't appear in other election articles on Wikipedia. --Hayden64 (talk) 07:03, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah I can remove the candidates section. Not too sure about the table though since tables for candidates don't appear in other election articles on Wikipedia. --Hayden64 (talk) 07:03, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Potential recall
Hey y'all! A number of the figures discussed in this page have been discussed for the possibility of a recall election, specifically related to the latest of either five or six recall attempts against Governor Gavin Newsom. If you have information to contribute on this topic specifically, please add it to the Draft on this topic rather than on this page. The link for that is here... Draft:2021 California gubernatorial recall election (Please do not submit this page for publication, as it may or may not end up being necessary at all. If the group pursuing this does not meet a signature guideline of 1.5 million by mid-March, the page will remain a draft. Sharing info nevertheless!) PickleG13 (talk) 22:23, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

hypothetical polling is faulty
Why is faulconer in a separate non-collapsible table? It's all hypothetical. 2600:1012:B061:C10B:D61:1A9C:4E5B:9767 (talk) 20:54, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Good point. Until we know the results of the top two primary, head to head match ups should be in the hypothetical section. Prcc27 (talk) 22:35, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Head to head matchups are not hypothetical as long as the two candidates in them have declared their intention to run. Thomascampbell123 (talk) 05:03, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * But we don't know who is going to advance to the general election. So yes, it is hypothetical. Prcc27 (talk) 05:18, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Tom steyer article is about recall election
The 2021 recall election isn't the 2022 election, so this is faulty and should be removed. 2600:1012:B05D:7959:89F0:1563:D9B6:E284 (talk) 22:36, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Edit request
The article states that 'the candidates have either declared their candidacy with the California secretary of state.'Either declared of what? This sentence clearly needs some cleaning... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.219.75.2 (talk) 16:54, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I removed the word "either." David O. Johnson (talk) 04:02, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Candidate summary
Why do the publicly expressed interest, potential, etc. candidates get a candidate summary but declared candidates don't..? Prcc27 (talk) 19:32, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Needs a major update
The filing deadline was March 11, 2022. So, all candidates are either in or out, formally. No need to talk anymore about who has "declared" or been "discussed". Karichisholm (talk) 23:30, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Another candidate to challenge Newsom
On March 11, 2022, Michael Shellenberger filed papers to run for Governor. "In an exclusive interview 3-10-2022 with Inside California Politics co-host Nikki Laurenzo, the 50-year-old Bay Area resident said he will run as an Independent challenging Gov. Gavin Newsom." Ref: https://fox40.com/inside-california-politics/bay-area-author-to-challenge-newsom-for-governor/ It will be interesting to see many running, but the field will narrow based on finance and popular support. -- AstroU (talk) 05:12, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

He is already listed in the INDEPENDENT section. The deadline for filing has passed (3-12-2022) -- AstroU (talk) 05:17, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

No mention of Cox?
Cox announced in February 2021 that he was running for governor in 2022, irrelevant to the 2021 recall election. However, he is not mentioned once in the article. Did he not qualify? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SageTDS (talk • contribs) 19:21, 27 May 2022 (UTC)


 * He didn't end up running. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:51, 27 May 2022 (UTC)