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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. Davis's recall at the time was only the second gubernatorial recall election in U.S. history.
The 2003 California recall special election was the goal of the "Dump Davis" campaign and constituted the first gubernatorial recall in Californian history and only the second in U.S. history. Later, the unsuccessful recall of Scott Walker of Wisconsin in 2012 would be the third and the 2021 California gubernatorial recall election of Gavin ...
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?
For Californians, the recall was something more: the beginning of a new era in governance. For Americans, the 2003 recall election would preview how politics would grow louder, more populist, more ...
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.
Article 23 has since been repealed, but today a modified version of the recall procedure is contained in Article 2. This measure was used to successfully recall Governor Gray Davis in 2003 and unsuccessfully used in an attempt to recall Governor Gavin Newsom in 2021.
We’ve seen these types of recall efforts occur repeatedly over policy or political issues — such as California’s Governors Gray Davis in 2003 and Gavin Newsom in 2021 or Wisconsin’s Scott ...