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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.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- 48.6%
- Republican
- 4,206,284
Sep 12, 2021 · The first was in 2003, when then Governor Gray Davis was successfully recalled only months after he was re-elected to a second term and replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Then, as now,...
Davis was recalled 11 months after he was elected in November 2002 to a second four-year term as California's governor. A total of 9.4 million voters cast a ballot on the recall question. This was an increase of 11 percent compared to vote totals for the state's 2002 gubernatorial election.
Davis began his tenure as governor with strong approval ratings, but they declined as voters blamed him for the California electricity crisis, the California budget crisis that followed the bursting of the dot-com bubble, and the car tax. On October 7, 2003, Davis was recalled.
Mar 12, 2021 · The only thing that bonded the guests was their role in California’s crazy election season of 2003, when voters booted out Gov. Gray Davis in a historic recall. You wouldn’t recognize the...
- gustavo.arellano@latimes.com
- Columnist
Apr 7, 2021 · Weaving together new, insider stories and archival video, several key players from the 2003 recall election of Governor Gray Davis look back at this one-of-a-kind political moment: Why it...
Mar 9, 2021 · Tuesday: Almost 20 years after becoming California’s first governor to be recalled from office, he talked about the pandemic and Gavin Newsom.
