Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Every California governor since Goodwin Knight in the 1950s has been subject to a recall effort. Davis was the first governor of California whose opponents gathered the necessary signatures to qualify for a special election. Davis also faced a recall petition in 1999 but that effort failed to gain enough signatures to qualify for the ballot.
Headlines of Gray Davis's defeat in UC Berkeley's newspaper, the Daily Californian. The paper's headlines read "Davis Terminated", a reference to one of then governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger's movie characters, The Terminator. During the recall, Davis blamed some of the state's problems on his predecessor, Pete Wilson. [86]
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
Gov. Gray Davis was removed from office in a recall election 18 years ago. What lessons did he learn? Column: What does the only other California governor to face a recall vote — Gray Davis ...
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 Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger. The recall effort spanned the latter half of 2003.
In 2003, then-Gov. Gray Davis tried to delay the election and secure a spot on the second ballot question alongside his potential replacements; the court rejected Davis’s challenge, but his ...
Schwarzenegger unexpectedly sprang forth and launched a 60-day candidacy for governor as part of a madcap recall election. ... as part of a madcap vote on whether to oust Democrat Gray Davis. ...
Gray Davis, a Democrat and the incumbent governor of California, defeated the Republican challenger Bill Simon by 5% and was re-elected to a second four-year term. Davis would be recalled less than a year into his next term. The 2002 gubernatorial primary occurred in March 2002. Davis faced no major competitor in the primary and won the nomination.