4 States are Currently Trying to Recall their governors: 3 are Democrats and 1 Republican https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/governor-recall-elections/ This article gives some good facts and overview but I think their statement that a recall in any state is unlikely is biased and propaganda.  It's from August, so it lists 5 Gubernatorial recall campaigns including Colorado but their effort failed to gain enough signatures to force an election.  Colorado requires a huge number of signatures to recall:  25% of the number of votes cast in the previous election. 4 of 5 of the states with recalls this year require signatures on recall ballots that equate to 25% of the number of votes cast in the previous election.  California is the exception and requires only 12%. This makes recall in California much easier. California deadline is Feb 3. https://www.oann.com/petition-to-recall-gov-gavin-newsom-beating-all-expectations/ Since 2016 California has been forced by Judicial watch to purge dead voters off their rolls in 11 counties who had more registered voters on the rolls than there were people residing in those counties.  The fact that they had to engage in this type of election fraud suggests California is closer than election results would suggest.  Oregon's first 2 efforts to get the signatures failed and a 3rd is now underway.  This highlights how infighting over who will lead the effort causes failure when multiple different petitions circulate and no one gets to the number required.  CA currently has 2 different efforts.   New Jersey, Supporters have until March 3, 2020, to collect 1,484,358 valid signatures to force a recall election.  That represents 25% of the original number of voters who voted in the election.   Alaska is the one Republican facing recall. The deadline is November 4.  538 claimed in August that Oregon was looking promising.  But both those efforts failed and a 3rd effort there is now under way.  If a recall effort succeeds then a special election is called and if the current Governor doesn't win then he or she has to resign.   The big gain is the ending of a political career.  For example, Newsom in CA has presidential aspirations.  I imagine most Governor's do.  In addition it discourages the new governor from following their predecessors plan so it disrupts the DS even if the DS still choses who runs. States that allow recall of State level elected officials are: If no percentage of vote or registered voters is listed then assume it is 25% of one or the other.  Colorado,  Arizona,  California,(Only 12% of vote required) D.C.,  Idaho, (20% of registered voters required) Illinois(only 15% of vote required plus 20 members of the House, 10 members of the Senate, no more than half for each chamber from one party) ),  Louisiana(tied for highest: 40% of voters required),  Michigan,  Nevada,  New Jersey, North Dakota,  Oregon(Only 15% of vote required),  Wisconsin,  Alaska,  Georgia(only 15% of vote required),  Kansas(highest signature requirement with 40% of vote required),  Minnesota,  Montana(only 10% of vote required),  Rhode Island (Only 15% of vote required),  Washington  Virginia(only 10% of vote required).  Virginia recall results in a recall trial not an election. Alaska, Virginia, Idaho, Kansas, Washington, do not hold special elections but appoint a successor if the recall efforts in those states meet requirements. Lots more specific information per state:  https://ballotpedia.org/Laws_governing_recall