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Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Democratic Party, only a few months into his second term, in 2003 Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history. Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–81), a California State Assemblyman (1983–87), California State Controller (1987–95) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–99). Davis holds a B.A. in history from Stanford University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War.

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Well, there's no question that the law passed in 1996 was flawed. It deregulated the wholesale market, meaning the price that the utilities had to pay energy companies for power, but not the retail market.

Companies, Energy, Law, Power, Price, Retail

There is only one governor, and his name is Gray Davis.

Governor, Governors, Gray, Name, Names

My vision is to make the most diverse state on earth, and we have people from every planet on the earth in this state. We have the sons and daughters of every, of people from every planet, of every country on earth.

Country, Daughter, Earth, Son, State, Vision

I'm doing my part, building plants at a record rate, having historic conservation levels. The only people not doing their part is the federal government that is siding with the energy companies against the interests of the people of California.

California, Government, People, Rate, Siding

We're going to march on Washington with a host of Republicans, Democrats, business leaders, legislators.

Host, Leader, Legislators, March On Washington, Republicans

There's no question that California, in the last three or four years, has been privileged to add disproportionately to the economic growth of America, and to contribute to its technological productivity.

America, California, Four, Productivity, Years

So it was flawed in that it didn't require California to have a first claim on the power plants. It deregulated part of the market, but not all of the market.

California, Firsts, Flawed, Flaws, Market, Power

I have not been briefed.

Briefed

I am calling on everyone in this state to put the chaos and the division of the recall behind us and do what's right for this great state of California.

California, Calling, Chaos, Division, Recall

There are so many scenarios here. We tried to prepare for the worst summer in 40 years and build assumptions based on that. We're preparing for the worst, but we're hoping for the best. And I've told people the end is in sight.

People, Sight, Summer, Told, Tried, Years

A family is a family not because of gender but because of values, like commitment, trust and love.

And Love, Commitment, Cute, Family, Trust, Values

Why? Because we're very well down this process as it is - flawed as it is - and we're counting on getting more power plants on line by the end of 2003 so we have a surplus of power.

Flaws, Line, Lines, Plant, Process, Surplus

One thing that has become clear over the last several days is that we no longer have 135 choices to make,. . It's really one choice likely to emerge from question number two, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and that leaves the voters with a clear choice. They can retain Gray Davis as governor, or they can elect Arnold Schwarzenegger and his crew from Pete Wilson to run the governor's office.

135, Choices, Gray, Numbers, Running, Two