Los Angeles Times political reporter Seema Mehta and Sacramento bureau chief John Myers break down the results of the 2021 California recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom held off Larry Elder and a slew of other possible replacements.
Seema Mehta is a veteran political writer who is covering the 2024 presidential race as well as other state and national contests. She started at the Los Angeles Times in 1998, previously covered multiple presidential, state and local races, and completed a Knight-Wallace fellowship at the University of Michigan in 2019.
John Myers led the Los Angeles Times’ coverage of state government as Sacramento bureau chief from 2015 to June 2022. He also wrote a weekly newsletter on California politics and provided regular news analysis.
Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.
