Gray Davis

Gray Davis

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Democratic Party

Prior offices

Governor of California

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Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis, Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is an American politician who served as the Democratic Governor of California from 1999 until being recalled in 2003. Prior to serving as governor, Davis served as chief of staff to Gov. Jerry Brown (1975-1981), California State Assemblyman (1983-1987), California State Controller (1987-1995), and Lieutenant Governor of California (1995-1999).

On October 7, 2003, he became the second governor to be recalled in American history. Davis was succeeded by Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on November 17.

Biography

Davis earned a B.A. in history from Stanford University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. After the 2003 recall, Davis worked as a guest lecturer at the UCLA School of Public Affairs and as an attorney at Loeb & Loeb, and sat on the board of directors of the animation company DiC Entertainment. He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War.

Elections

2003

See also: Gray Davis recall (2003)

A recall election against Gov. Gray Davis (D) took place on October 7, 2003. The outcome of the election was that Davis was recalled in favor of Schwarzenegger. The recall effort was the first successful recall of a California governor and only the second recall of a state governor in American history.

The result of the vote to recall Davis was:

Should Gray Davis be recalled?
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		4,976,274	55.4%
No		007,783	44.6%

The top three vote-getters in the election were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Arnold Schwarzenegger	Republican	4,206,284	48.58%
Cruz Bustamante	Democratic	2,724,874	31.47
Tom McClintock	Republican	1,161,287	13.41

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Pete Wilson (R)	Governor of California 1999-2003	Succeeded by Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)