Newsom has a huge cash advantage in California’s recall vote. It may mean nothing

The governor's rivals have only a fraction of his funds, but an unorthodox voting process throws the usual rules out the window

If war chests won elections, Gavin Newsom would have nothing to fear from the effort to recall him as governor of California.

As the campaign moves into its final frenzied phase ahead of 14 September, the official voting day, Newsom and his supporters have outraised the entire panoply of his would-be replacements by a wildly lopsided margin.