Newsom Versus Davis: A Review of Two Very Different Recalls

California Gov. Gavin Newsom gestures during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., on Jan. 8, 2021. Rich Pedroncelli/Pool/AP Photo

Commentary

I wrote Orange County Register editorials for the 2003 recall of then-governor Gray Davis and his replacement with then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. We supported the recall. But at that time, the paper’s commentary section didn’t support specific candidates for office, although it does now.