Surely, she figured, Gov. Gavin Newsom would be booted out of office. Or at least get a good scare.
There was such fervor here in rural Lassen County — where a whopping 84% of voters supported the recall, the highest percentage in the state — that it was hard not to believe it could happen.
Then Newsom's landslide victory landed like a kick in the shin with a steel-toed boot.
