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<\/p>\nCALIFORNIA Governor Gavin Newsom is the highest-paid governor in the country.<\/p>\n
Out of all 50 governors, Newsom has the highest pay.<\/p>\n
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Governor Newsom is paid $201,680, according to 24\/7 Wall Street.<\/p>\n
This will increase to about $210,000 in December.<\/p>\n
The second-highest-paid is Governor Andrew Cuomo from New York who earns $200,000 a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Next year he is expected to earn $225,000.<\/p>\n
The poorest paid is Governor Janet Mills from Maine, who earns $70,000 a year.<\/p>\n
Gavin Newsom has been serving as the 40th governor of California since January 2019.<\/p>\n
On September 14 he prevailed in a historic recall election that had him battling for his political life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In what was effectively a vote on the governor\u2019s leadership through the pandemic, voters rejected the choice to replace him with a Trumpist Republican.<\/p>\n
He focused on the coronavirus, vaccinations and reopening schools. <\/p>\n
In March, he launched an aggressive campaign and began running ads attacking the recall and doing national TV and cable interviews.<\/p>\n
Newsom, who was elected in a 2018 landslide, has acknowledged that people were anxious and weary after a difficult year of restrictions. <\/p>\n
Recently, he has defended his record during the pandemic arguing his decisions saved thousands of lives while warning that a Republican victory would undermine the state's progressive values and possibly have a ripple effect nationwide.<\/p>\n
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