在辩论之前遗漏了几个关键候选人，共和党人希望在9月的召回中取代加州州长加文·纽瑟姆选举根据美国广播公司新闻回顾的加州国务卿的数据，吸引了相对较少的可观捐款。
周三晚上主持辩论的理查德·尼克松基金会说在新闻稿中有四名候选人参加:约翰·考克斯、凯文·福尔克纳、凯文·凯利和道格·奥斯。
但是纽森没有回复对于基金会的邀请，该组织表示，虽然财大气粗的真人秀明星前奥运选手凯特琳·詹娜和脱口秀主持人拉里·埃尔德有日程冲突。该基金会在一份新闻稿中表示，如果有任何人决定参加，它将为纽森、詹纳和艾尔德保留名额。
该基金会还计划在8月23日举行一场辩论。
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加州州长共和党候选人凯特琳·詹娜在新闻发布会上发言
辩论并不是候选人面临的唯一挑战。南加州大学教授、加州公平政治实践委员会前主席丹·施努尔告诉美国广播公司新闻，“传统的共和党捐助者似乎还不相信召回是一项可行的行动。”
但这可能会改变，因为最近的民意调查显示“相当多的基层支持召回，”他说。
根据周二获得的数据，以下是受邀参加辩论的共和党候选人筹集到的大笔捐款:
约翰·考克斯:在他2021年和2022年的竞选委员会中，大约有870万美元——包括大约760万美元的货币和非货币捐款以及来自他自己的贷款——来自至少1667笔捐款
凯文·福尔克纳:大约300万美元，来自至少1422笔捐款
拉里·埃尔德:大约99万美元，来自至少574份捐款
凯特琳·詹娜:约747，000美元，来自至少1，581笔捐款
道格·奥斯:大约40万美元，来自至少230份捐款
凯文·凯利:大约214，000美元来自至少100份捐款
在国务卿提供的数据中，只有总额达到或超过100美元的个人捐赠才被逐项列出，因此在捐赠计数中不包括那些“小额捐赠”。
个人向州长候选人捐款最高可达32400美元，根据加州公平政治实践委员会。根据联邦选举委员会的说法，候选人在向自己捐款时没有限制，但仍然必须这样做报告这些贡献。
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加州共和党州长候选人凯文·福尔克纳在新闻发布会上发言...
即使这些数字呈现出一幅不完整的画面，因为它们的范围仅从2021年初到周二，不包括小额捐款，但对于这样一个大州来说，它们似乎仍然是相对较少的捐款者。
瓦格纳学院凯里政府改革研究所高级研究员约书亚·斯皮瓦克告诉美国广播公司新闻，“候选人……还没有让世界着火”。
关于候选人，斯皮瓦克指出，“媒体和在线来源以及社交媒体和选民对凯特琳·詹娜的兴趣似乎有很大的脱节。”
Republicans face incomplete debate lineup, donor apathy in California recall race
John Cox: About $8.7 million across his 2021 and 2022 campaign committees -- including roughly $7.6 million in monetary and non-monetary contributions and loans from himself -- from at least 1,667 contributions
Kevin Faulconer: Approximately $3 million from at least 1,422 contributions
Larry Elder: About $990,000 from at least 574 contributions
Caitlyn Jenner: Approximately $747,000, from at least 1,581 contributions
Doug Ose: About $400,000 from at least 230 contributions
Kevin Kiley: Approximately $214,000 from at least 100 contributions
Only donations from an individual that add up to $100 or more are itemized in the data from the secretary of state, thus excluding those "small-dollar donations" in the donation counts.
Individuals donating to a gubernatorial candidate can give up to $32,400,according tothe California Fair Political Practices Commission. According to the Federal Elections Commission, candidates have no limit when donating to themselves, but must stillreport those contributions.
Even if those numbers present an incomplete picture, as they only range from the start of 2021 to Tuesday and exclude the small-dollar donations, they still appear to be a relatively small number of donors for such a large state.
"The candidates … haven't set the world on fire," Joshua Spivak, a senior fellow at the Carey Institute for Governmental Reform at Wagner College, told ABC News.
Regarding the candidates, Spivak noted that "there seems to be a wide disconnect between interest in Caitlyn Jenner from media and online sources and social media and voters."
The California Republican Party is currently gearing up to vote on whether it can endorse a candidate at all, though it is expected to be approved. An endorsement from the state party may spur fundraising.
Newsom has criticized the recall as a partisan effort and waste of taxpayer money, but he "has his work cut out to raise Democratic interest in the recall vote. And if he fails on that front, an unusual off-year electorate might be just Republican-leaning enough to boot him out of office," according toFiveThirtyEight.
Voters in the election will respond to two questions: do they want to recall Newsom; and if most voters elect to do so, who should be his replacement?
