Photos: California Decides To Keep Or Kick Gov. Gavin Newsom

CALIFORNIA — In a rare recall election, residents of California head to the polls to choose to either affirm the incumbent Gov. Newsom or elect a new, potentially more conservative governor.

While Newsom leads in polls, he made one final push, bringing in President Joe Biden late Monday as an attempt to secure his office. This election will likely have an effect on national politics, including the 2022 midterm elections. Biden stressed the issues seen in this campaign were the same seen in the 2020 presidential election. Historically, the party in control of the White House loses seats during the midterms.

See below for photos from California as voters head to the polls.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom listens to President Joe Biden at a rally ahead of the California gubernatorial recall election Monday, September 13, 2021, in Long Beach, California.

President Joe Biden, center, smiles to the crowd as he is flanked by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, at a rally ahead of the California gubernatorial recall election Monday, September 13, 2021, in Long Beach, California.

A large screen shows California Gov. Gavin Newsom as he speaks at a rally ahead of the California gubernatorial recall election Monday, September 13, 2021, in Long Beach, California.

Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, left, of Rocklin, a Republican candidate for governor in the September 14 recall election, speaks with supporter Nancy Jiang during a campaign stop outside of Manual Arts High School, Monday, September 13, 2021, in Los Angeles.

Republican conservative radio show host Larry Elder is surrounded by media while he visiting Philippe The Original Deli during a campaign for the California gubernatorial recall election on Monday, September. 13, 2021, in Los Angeles.

Republican conservative radio show host Larry Elder speaks at a rally for the California gubernatorial recall election on Monday, September 13, 2021, in Monterey Park, California.

California gubernatorial candidate and former San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer poses outside the headquarters of the California Supreme Court in San Francisco, Wednesday, September 8, 2021.

Ana Claribel Salazar, 69, casts a ballot at a vote center set up at the Lincoln Park Senior Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday, September 14, 2021. The recall election that could remove California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is coming to an end. Voting concludes Tuesday in the rare, late-summer election that has emerged as a national battlefront on issues from COVID-19 restrictions to climate change.

Voters wait in line to cast their ballots for the California gubernatorial recall election at a vote center set up in the Beverly Hills City Hall, Tuesday, September 14, 2021, in Beverly Hills, California.

President Joe Biden stands with Gov. Gavin Newsom, (D-Calif.), during a get out the vote rally at at Long Beach City College, Monday, September 13, 2021, in Long Beach, California, as Newsom faces as recall election on Tuesday.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.