California Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a recall election this week. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Gray Davis, who was removed as governor of California through a recall election in 2003.

California Gov. Gray Davis concedes defeat in Los Angeles after the recall election in October 2003. (Los Angeles Times) By Nicholas Goldberg Columnist . Sept. 15, 2021 3 AM PT .

NPR's Ina Jaffe profiles California Gov. Gray Davis, the first statewide elected official ever to face a recall vote. Davis was re-elected last year by a five-point margin, but since then ...

California officials set Oct. 7 as the date for a special ballot to decide whether to unseat Governor Gray Davis. After a report from Spencer Michels, Gwen Ifill discusses the impending recall ...

Former California Gov. Gray Davis spoke with admirers in the lobby of the Time Warner Cable Arena, where day 2 of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, had just begun.

When Gray Davis was recalled in 2003, 135 candidates jumped into the race for governor. So, what do they think of the current effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom? We spoke one-on-one with some of them.

Gray Davis could lose. How could the Democratic governor of California blow a 14-point lead for his reelection bid in November? Because Bill Simon is running against him.

Gray Davis is the only governor in California's history to be recalled and removed from office, and he shared his unique perspective of this year's recall election in a recent interview from his ...

Former California Governor Gray Davis would bet on Governor Gavin Newsom to win re-election in 2022 despite a mounting recall effort against him.

The most head-scratching political puzzle in California has only one solution: Gray Davis. Perhaps paradoxically, Davis, the former governor who voters recalled in 2003, may be the most important ...

The only California governor to ever be recalled has some thoughts about how the process could be reformed. But don’t expect Gray Davis to pity politicians facing an effort to oust them from office.

Power cuts in California. The cuts in 2000-01 weren't fun. I wonder if Newsom will be the next Gray Davis. — Tony Nash (@TonyNashOnAsia) October 9, 2019 ...