October 7, 2003
Recall Election
Special Election for the Recall of Governor Gray Davis.
A total of 9,413,494 Californians voted in this election.
NOTE: There were almost as many candidates for Governor in California in the 2003 Recall Election as in all previous California elections combined. From 1849 to 2002, there were 180 candidates for Governor. The 2003 Recall election added 136 to that number.
Shall Gray Davis be Recalled (removed) from the Office of Governor?
YES: 4,976,274 (55.4%)
NO: 4,007,783 (44.6%)
Governor | |||
Iris Adam | Natural Law | Loss | |
Brooke Adams | Independent | Loss | |
Douglas Anderson | Republican | Loss | |
Angelyne | Independent | Loss | |
Mohammad Arif | Independent | Loss | |
Badi Badiozamani | Independent | Loss | |
Vik S. Bajwa | Democratic | Loss | |
John W. Beard | Republican | Loss | |
Ed Beyer | Republican | Loss | |
Vip Bhola | Republican | Loss | |
Cheryl Bly-Chester | Republican | 0.1% | Loss |
Audie Bock | Democratic | Loss | |
Joel Britton | Independent | Loss | |
Art Brown | Democratic | Loss | |
John Christopher Burton | Independent | 0.1% | Loss |
Cruz M. Bustamante | Democratic | 31.5% | Loss |
Peter Camejo | Green | 2.8% | Loss |
Todd Carson | Republican | Loss | |
William S. "Bill" Chambers | Republican | Loss | |
Michael Cheli | Independent | Loss | |
D. "Logan Darrow" Clements | Republican | Loss | |
Gary Coleman | Independent | 0.2% | Loss |
Mary "Mary Carey" Cook | Independent | 0.1% | Loss |
Robert Cullenbine | Democratic | Loss | |
Scott Davis | Independent | Loss | |
Robert "Butch" Dole | Republican | Loss | |
Bob Lynn Edwards | Democratic | Loss | |
Warren Farrell | Democratic | Loss | |
Dan Feinstein | Democratic | Loss | |
Larry Flynt | Democratic | 0.2% | Loss |
Lorraine "Abner Zurd" Fontanes | Democratic | Loss | |
Gene Forte | Republican | Loss | |
Diana Foss | Democratic | Loss | |
Ronald J. Friedman | Independent | Loss | |
Leo Gallagher | Independent | 0.1% | Loss |
Gerold Lee Gorman | Democratic | Loss | |
Rich Gosse | Republican | Loss | |
James H. Green | Democratic | Loss | |
Jack Loyd Grisham | Independent | Loss | |
Garrett Gruener | Democratic | Loss | |
Joe Guzzardi | Democratic | Loss | |
Ivan A. Hall | Green | Loss | |
Ken Hamidi | Libertarian | Loss | |
Sara Ann Hanlon | Independent | Loss | |
C. Stephen Henderson | Independent | Loss | |
Ralph A. Hernandez | Democratic | Loss | |
John J. "Jack" Hickey | Libertarian | Loss | |
Jim Hoffmann | Republican | Loss | |
Arianna Huffington | Independent | 0.5% | Loss |
S. Issa | Republican | Loss | |
Michael A. Jackson | Republican | Loss | |
Trek Thunder Kelly | Independent | Loss | |
Edward T. "Ed" Kennedy | Democratic | Loss | |
D. E. Kessinger | Democratic | Loss | |
Kelly P. Kimball | Democratic | Loss | |
Stephen L. Knapp | Republican | Loss | |
Eric Korevaar | Democratic | Loss | |
Jerome "Jerry" Kunzman | Independent | Loss | |
Dick Lane | Democratic | Loss | |
Gary Leonard | Democratic | Loss | |
Todd Richard Lewis | Independent | Loss | |
Calvin Y. Louie | Democratic | Loss | |
Frank A. Macaluso Jr. | Democratic | Loss | |
Paul "Chip" Mailander | Democratic | Loss | |
Robert C. Mannheim | Democratic | Loss | |
Bruce Margolin | Democratic | 0.1% | Loss |
Paul Mariano | Democratic | Loss | |
Gino Martorana | Republican | Loss | |
Mike P. McCarthy | Independent | Loss | |
Bob McClain | Independent | Loss | |
Tom McClintock | Republican | 13.4% | Loss |
Dennis Duggan McMahon | Republican | Loss | |
Mike McNeilly | Republican | Loss | |
Scott A. Mednick | Democratic | Loss | |
Carl A. Mehr | Republican | Loss | |
Jonathan Miller | Democratic | Loss | |
Darryl L. Mobley | Independent | Loss | |
Jeffrey L. Mock | Republican | Loss | |
John S. "Jack" Mortensen | Democratic | Loss | |
Dorene Musilli | Republican | Loss | |
Paul Nave | Democratic | Loss | |
Robert C. Newman II | Republican | Loss | |
Leonard Padilla | Independent | Loss | |
Ronald Jason Palmieri | Democratic | Loss | |
Gregory J. Pawlik | Republican | Loss | |
Heather Peters | Republican | Loss | |
Charles "Chuck" Pineda Jr. | Democratic | Loss | |
Bill Prady | Democratic | Loss | |
Darin Price | Natural Law | Loss | |
Bryan Quinn | Republican | Loss | |
Jeff Rainforth | Independent | Loss | |
Daniel C. "Danny" Ramirez | Democratic | Loss | |
Christopher Ranken | Democratic | Loss | |
Reva Renee Renz | Republican | Loss | |
Daniel W. Richards | Republican | Loss | |
Kevin Richter | Republican | Loss | |
Kurt E. "Tachikaze" Rightmyer | Independent | Loss | |
David Laughing Horse Robinson | Democratic | 0.1% | Loss |
Ned Roscoe | Libertarian | Loss | |
Sharon Rushford | Independent | Loss | |
Georgy Russell | Democratic | Loss | |
Jamie Rosemary Safford | Republican | Loss | |
Alex Saint James | Republican | Loss | |
David Ronald Sams | Republican | Loss | |
Darrin H. Scheidle | Democratic | Loss | |
Mike Schmier | Democratic | Loss | |
George B. Schwartzman | Independent | 0.1% | Loss |
Arnold Schwarzenegger | Republican | 48.6% | Win |
Richard J. Simmons | Independent | Loss | |
Bill Simon | Republican | 0.1% | Loss |
B. E. Smith | Independent | Loss | |
Randall D. Sprague | Republican | Loss | |
Christopher Sproul | Democratic | Loss | |
Lawrence Steven Strauss | Democratic | 0.1% | Loss |
Tim Sylvester | Democratic | Loss | |
Alvah Lavar Taylor | Democratic | Loss | |
Diane Beall Templin | American Independent | Loss | |
Patricia G. Tilley | Independent | Loss | |
Brian Tracy | Independent | Loss | |
William Tsangares | Republican | Loss | |
Peter V. Ueberroth | Republican | 0.3% | Loss |
Marc Valdez | Democratic | Loss | |
James M. Vandeventer Jr. | Republican | Loss | |
Paul W. Vann | Republican | Loss | |
William "Bill" Vaughn | Democratic | Loss | |
Van Vo | Republican | 0.1% | Loss |
Chuck Walker | Republican | Loss | |
Maurice Walker | Green | Loss | |
Nathan Whitecloud Walton | Independent | Loss | |
Daniel Watts | Green | Loss | |
C. T. Weber | Peace and Freedom | Loss | |
Jim Weir | Democratic | Loss | |
Lingel H. Winters | Democratic | Loss | |
Michael J. Wozniak | Democratic | Loss | |
Jon W. Zellhoefer | Republican | Loss | |