Governor of California race will become governor. The 2003 California recall began with a petition drive that successfully forced sitting Democratic Governor Gray Davis into a special recall election. It marked the first time in the history of California that a governor faced a recall election. He was subsequently voted out of office, becoming the second governor in the history of the United States to be recalled after Lynn Frazier of North Dakota in 1921. He was replaced by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Lieutenant Governor of California is separately elected during the same election, not jointly as the running mate of the gubernatorial
Andrei Smirnov (actor) Andrei Smirnov (actor) Andrei Sergeyevich Smirnov (; born 12 March 1941, Moscow) is a Russian actor and film director who is known for directing the films "Angel" (1967), "Belarus Station" (1973) and "Autumn" (1974). He was a member of the jury at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival in 1988. In 2003 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia. Andrei Sergeevich Smirnov was born on March 12, 1941 in Moscow to the family of writer Sergei Smirnov - author of books about the defenders of the Brest Fortress. When the young man studied in the seventh grade,