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
2003 California Proposition 54 difficult for the state to provide services and identify and correct racial disparities. This issue might normally have been more contentious had it not been overshadowed by the recall election of Governor Gray Davis on the same ballot. The question before voters was: Summary of Legislative Analyst's Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact: 2003 California Proposition 54 Proposition 54 was a California ballot proposition on the October 7, 2003 gubernatorial recall election ballot. It failed to pass with 3,144,145 (36.1%) votes in favor and 5,541,314 (63.9%) against. It was placed on the ballot through the initiative process.