Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 2003 California gubernatorial recall election was a special election permitted under California state law. It resulted in voters replacing incumbent Democratic Governor Gray Davis with Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican. The recall effort spanned the latter half of 2003.
California gubernatorial recall election may refer to: 2003 California gubernatorial recall election , in which Governor Gray Davis was recalled and Arnold Schwarzenegger elected in his place 2021 California gubernatorial recall election , which unsuccessfully sought to recall and replace governor Gavin Newsom
A recall election (also called a recall referendum, recall petition or representative recall) is a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a referendum before that official's term of office has ended. Recalls appear in the constitution in ancient Athenian democracy. [1]
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
After several legal and procedural efforts failed to stop it, California's first-ever gubernatorial recall election was held on October 7, and the results were certified on November 14, 2003, making Davis the first governor recalled in the history of California, and just the second in U.S. history (the first was North Dakota's 1921 recall of ...
Rescue California was the political committee that orchestrated the 2003 recall election of California Governor Gray Davis. It was primarily funded by Congressman Darrell Issa ( Republican - California ).
The recall and cuts come as the company says it is working to rebuild public trust, following a high-profile incident in California. Cruise recalls software, cuts contract workers as it works to ...
2003 California recall: California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley officially certifies the recall election and he declares Arnold Schwarzenegger the Governor-Elect. The swearing-in is set to take at 11:00 am PST on Monday November 17 on the steps of the State Capitol in Sacramento , California.