Who's running in the upcoming recall election against Gov. Gavin Newsom?
As of July 6, 60 candidates have filed a statement of intent to run with the secretary of state. The final day for candidates to file paperwork to run is July 16. CALIFORNIA, USA  Dozens of candidates representing many political parties have filed paperwork with the California Secretary of State's office for the upcoming gubernatorial recall election. As of July 6, 60 candidates have filed a statement of intent to run with the secretary of state, according to Ballotpedia, and there is still time for more candidates to throw their hat into the ring. The final day for candidates to file paperwork to run in the recall election is Friday, July 16. The final report from the Secretary of State's office, released on June 23, validated 1,719,943 signatures on the recall petition. The recall effort needed 1,495,709 verified signatures to trigger a recall election. Approximately 441,406 signatures were invalidated. Only 43 people of the more than 1.7 million Californians who signed the recall petition chose to remove their name from the list. On July 1, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis finalized the election at $276 million. Heres whose filed paperwork to run, so far:  Democratic  Jason L. Dixon  John R. Drake  Anthony L. Fanara  Luis M. Huang  Robert D. Griffis  Torr H. Leonard  Jeremy B. Lupoli  Kevin Paffrath  Ronald J. Palmieri  Armando "Mando" Perez-Serrato  Joel A. Ventresca  Frank Henry Wade  Republican  Kevin Abushi  Karen E. Blake  David A. Bramante  John H. Cox  Kevin Faulconer  Wayne H. Frazier  Rhonda D. Furin  Sean Harrison  Timothy P. Herode  Caitlyn Jenner  Chauncey S. "Slim" Killens  Kevin Kiley  Jenny Rae Le Roux  Steven Chavez Lodge  Louis J. Marinelli  Diego J. Martinez  Christopher Thomas Mason  Daniel R. Mercuri  Robert C. Newman II  Doug Ose  John Pierce  Patrick M. Rakus Jr.  Sarah L. Stephens  Anthony D. Trimino  Nickolas Wildstar  Major Williams  Leo Zacky  Green Party  Veronika Fimbres  Daniel I. Kapelovitz  Libertarian Party  Jeff Hewitt  American Independent Party  Joseph Amey  Independent/unknown affiliation  Carla L. Canada  Mary Carey  Mariana B. Dawson  Elizabeth "Libby" S. Floyd  Adam M. Hadjinian  James G. Hanink  Jimih L. G. Jones  Kevin K. Kaul  Paul Mesorp Kurdian  Denis P. Lucey  Jemiss Nazar  Lee W. Olson  Adam Papagan  Marc A. Roth  Hilaire Fuji Shioura  Joe M. Symmon  Ben Zandpour