Larry Elder is a pretty sharp guy, one of the top normie conservatives out there, especially for a black guy.
Now, everyone is saying "the fix is in" on CA due to these voter fraud allegations, such as people showing up and finding their ballot was already cast, or that case where the guy with a gun/drugs/300+ mail in ballots in his car was arrested passed out in a convenience store parking lot.
But I could see, Larry Elder, with the backing of Peter Thiel or some such, laying the bribes on thick to fight fire with fire. Then, if he wins, they can say "look, the system isn't rigged, a conservative won CA".
Most likely outcome is Elder wins, but Newsom cheats are remains governor.
2nd most likely is that they allow Elder to have the win, so that they can declare, "See! A Republican won in California, so voting system isn't rigged". They will surround Elder with a bunch of deepstate guys, so he is ineffective and roll out their NWO plans as they did before.