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17 unusual facts about Gray Davis


A. C. Townley

Frazier became the first U.S. state governor to be recalled - the only one until California's Gray Davis in 2003.

Al Checchi

Checchi ran against Lieutenant Governor Gray Davis and US Congresswoman Jane Harman.

Alfred Attilio Checchi (June 6, 1948) is an American politician who was a candidate for Governor of California in the 1998 gubernatorial election, losing to fellow Democrat Gray Davis in the June 1998 primary.

Barry Goldwater, Jr.

Schwarzenegger went on to win the 2003 recall election to replace Gray Davis as Governor of California.

Bill Stall

After ten years of unsuccessful efforts to pass such a bill, the proposal passed in the legislature and was signed into law by Governor Gray Davis, making California the first state in the Western United States to enact such a law.

Cache Creek Casino Resort

After California Governor Gray Davis signed the State Gaming Compact in 1999, the casino added slot machines and more table games.

California Capitol Christmas Tree

In December 1999, during his first Christmas season in office, Governor Gray Davis changed the name of the tree to the California Capitol Holiday Tree, for specifically unknown reasons.

California Coastal Trail

Governor Davis and the White House Millennium Trail Council designated the California Coastal Trail as California’s Millennium Legacy Trail in 1999.

Christopher Cabaldon

He has served on an array of state and regional commissions, including being appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly to the Commission on Regionalism, member of the Blue Ribbon Committee for the Governor's Initiative to Turn Around Failing Schools, appointed by Governor Gray Davis to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, and a member of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Protection Commission.

Climate change in California

It is the successor bill to AB 1058, was enacted on July 22, 2002 by Governor Gray Davis and mandates that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) develop and implement greenhouse gas limits for vehicles beginning in model year 2009.

Cormac J. Carney

From 2001 to 2003, he was a judge on the California Superior Court in Orange County, appointed to the post by then Governor Gray Davis.

Dan Stoenescu

Among many honors and distinctions he was awarded the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, Ford Foundation scholarship, First Phi Theta Kappa All-California Academic Team, Presbyterian Church USA Samuel Roberson award, and distinctions from California governor Gray Davis, assembly member Wilma Chan, and senator Don Perata.

Jeanne Woodford

Having risen through the ranks, she was appointed Warden of San Quentin State Prison by Governor Davis in 1999.

Lynn Frazier

Along with Frazier, the second and most-recent governor to be successfully recalled is Gray Davis of California in 2003.

Michael S. Bernick

Following the recall of California Governor Gray Davis, Bernick returned to law at the Sedgwick firm in San Francisco, and joined the Milken Institute as a fellow in employment policy.

Midge Costanza

Governor of California Gray Davis appointed Costanza as a liaison for women's groups and issues.

Tammy Bruce

In 2003, Bruce was appointed to serve on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Transition Team after his successful recall election against Gray Davis.


Bonnie Garcia

By 2004, Garcia had become a member of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's transition team after the recall election against Gray Davis and was named as one of California's delegates to the Republican National Convention.

California lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1998

State Assemblyman and Speaker of the Assembly Cruz Bustamante, the Democratic nominee, decisively defeated the Republican nominee, State Senator Tim Leslie, for the office previously held by incumbent Gray Davis, who chose not to seek re-election in favor of running for governor.

Marian Bergeson

In 1999, outgoing Republican Governor Wilson and incoming Democratic Governor Gray Davis agreed to appoint Bergeson to the California State Board of Education.

Ted Lempert

He had more than 70 other bills signed by Governors George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson and Gray Davis.

Tommy the Clown

-- He is a former spokesperson for Gray Davis. needs sourcing--> He achieved international acclaim as focus of David LaChapelle's 2005 documentary RIZE.