Results of the 2003 California recall

The following are the results of the 2003 California recall election held on October 7, 2003 which unseated Gray Davis and propelled actor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the governorship.

Candidates

Over 600 Californians took out papers to become gubernatorial candidates and 247 filed those papers. Of those, 135 were certified by the Secretary of State as having met the requirements to be a candidate.

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Of the candidates, the party affiliation breakdown was:

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• 50 Democrats
• 43 Republicans
• 32 independents
• 4 Greens
• 3 Libertarians
• 2 Natural Law Party
• 1 American Independent
• 1 Peace and Freedom