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
Maria Shriver her journalism career began with KYW-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she co-anchored "The CBS Morning News" with Forrest Sawyer from August 1985 until August 1986, co-anchored NBC News's "Sunday Today" from 1987 until 1990. Shriver also served as Saturday anchor from 1989–1990 of "NBC Nightly News". She was a contributing anchor on "Dateline NBC" from 1992 until 2004. In August 2003, Shriver took an unpaid leave of absence from NBC News when her husband became a candidate in the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election. Following her husband's November 17, 2003, inauguration as the 38th Governor of California, she became the First