California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom staved off an effort to oust him from office in Tuesday's special election.
During remarks after holding off the recall vote, California Governor Gavin Newsom said that "no" was "not the only thing that was expressed tonight".
"We said 'yes' to science, we said 'yes' to vaccines, we said 'yes' to ending this pandemic", he underscored.
The governor added that "we [also] said 'yes' to [a] woman's fundamental constitutional right to decide for herself what she does with her body […], we said 'yes' to diversity […] and inclusion".
Newsom pointed out that he was "humbled and grateful to the millions and millions of Californians that exercised their fundamental right to vote".
He spoke as about 60 percent of votes have already been tallied, indicating that around 67% of voters opposed the recall effort vs 33%, who supported the measure.
