Hollywood film star Arnold Schwarzenegger has won the race for governor of California, ousting the Democrat incumbent Gray Davis. It is the first time that Californians voted to sack their governor mid-term. With almost all the votes counted, Schwarzenegger – running as a Republican – secured almost 48%. In a victory speech, Arnie thanked the people of California for giving him their trust, saying:
“I know that together we can make this the greatest state in the greatest country in the world.”
Gray Davis – Wikipedia
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. Davis was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits after the recall election. The recall effort spanned the latter half of 2003. Other California governors, including Pat Brown, Ronald Reagan, Jerry Brown and Pete Wilson, had faced unsuccessful recall attempts.
Newsvans at Schwarzenegger inauguration – Wikipedia
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 US history (the first was North Dakota’s 1921 recall of Lynn Frazier). California is one of 19 states that allow recalls.
Arnold Schwarzenegger – Wikipedia
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