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Thirty years of state legislative recalls

STATELINE INFOGRAPHIC Thirty years of state recalls If Wisconsin voters choose to remove Governor Scott Walker from office today, in one of six recall elections taking place in the state, it will mark only the third gubernatorial recall in U.S. history, following California's removal of Gray Davis in 2003 and North Dakota's ouster of Lynn Frazier in 1921. Voters in 18 states can petition to recall state officials, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The number of recall efforts has increased in recent years. survived recalled 1981: Washington Senator Peter von Reichbauer 1983: Michigan Senators Phil Mastin, David Serotkin Mastin and Serotkin were victims of a tax revolt that launched recall attempts against Governor James Blanchard and 14 senators who 1985: Oregon Rep. Pat Gillis supported a 38 percent increase in income taxes, to plug the state's $900 million budget gap. Mastin and Serotkin were ultimately replaced by Republicans Stanley Kurzman and Kirby Holmes, shifting the balance of power in the Senate to the GOP. 1988: Oregon Senator Bill Olson 1988: Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham* 1990: Wisconsin Assembly member Jim Holperin 1994: California Senator David Roberti 1995: California Assembly members Paul Horcher, Doris Allen 1995: California Horcher and Allen, elected as Assembly member Michael Machado Republicans, were successfully recalled in separate elections as retribution for helping Willie Brown, a Democrat, retain his speakership in the Assembly in spite of an elected Republican majority. Republicans also tried to recall Democrat Machado for supporting Brown, after he had pledged to vote with Republicans, but he survived the challenge 1996: Wisconsin Senator George Petak 2003: Wisconsin Senator Gary George 2003: California Davis, a Democrat, was unpopular as a result of electrical blackouts that plagued the state in 2001, and his approval rating plunged further after he proposed large tax increases and spending cuts to close a massive budget gap. Republican U.S. Representative Darrell Issa spent $1.6 million of his own money to spearhead a Gov. Gray Davis 2008: California Senator Jeff Denham 2008: Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon recall effort. Davis was removed from office 2011: Wisconsin Senators Robert Cowles, Alberta Darling, Dave Hansen, Sheila Harsdorf, Jim Holperin, Luther Olsen, Robert Wirch and movie actor Arnold Schwarzenegger easily defeated 134 other candidates to win the governorship in a special election. 2011: Wisconsin Senators Randy Hopper, Dan Kapanke 2011: Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce Pearce was the lead architect of Arizona's controversial law SB 1070, cracking down on illegal immigrants. His hard-line stance on the issue upset some Hispanics in his district and members of his large Mormon constituency, who believed Pearce's approach might be hurting the church's ARCE missions in Central and South America. Pearce was defeated by conservative Republican Jerry Lewis. 2011: Michigan Rep. Paul Scott *Govemor Evan Mecham was impeached by Arizona's House of Representatives before the date of the recall election Source: National Conference of State Legislatures Statelīne infographic by: Carla Uriona and Ben Wieder June 5, 2012 STATELINE INFOGRAPHIC Thirty years of state recalls If Wisconsin voters choose to remove Governor Scott Walker from office today, in one of six recall elections taking place in the state, it will mark only the third gubernatorial recall in U.S. history, following California's removal of Gray Davis in 2003 and North Dakota's ouster of Lynn Frazier in 1921. Voters in 18 states can petition to recall state officials, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The number of recall efforts has increased in recent years. survived recalled 1981: Washington Senator Peter von Reichbauer 1983: Michigan Senators Phil Mastin, David Serotkin Mastin and Serotkin were victims of a tax revolt that launched recall attempts against Governor James Blanchard and 14 senators who 1985: Oregon Rep. Pat Gillis supported a 38 percent increase in income taxes, to plug the state's $900 million budget gap. Mastin and Serotkin were ultimately replaced by Republicans Stanley Kurzman and Kirby Holmes, shifting the balance of power in the Senate to the GOP. 1988: Oregon Senator Bill Olson 1988: Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham* 1990: Wisconsin Assembly member Jim Holperin 1994: California Senator David Roberti 1995: California Assembly members Paul Horcher, Doris Allen 1995: California Horcher and Allen, elected as Assembly member Michael Machado Republicans, were successfully recalled in separate elections as retribution for helping Willie Brown, a Democrat, retain his speakership in the Assembly in spite of an elected Republican majority. Republicans also tried to recall Democrat Machado for supporting Brown, after he had pledged to vote with Republicans, but he survived the challenge 1996: Wisconsin Senator George Petak 2003: Wisconsin Senator Gary George 2003: California Davis, a Democrat, was unpopular as a result of electrical blackouts that plagued the state in 2001, and his approval rating plunged further after he proposed large tax increases and spending cuts to close a massive budget gap. Republican U.S. Representative Darrell Issa spent $1.6 million of his own money to spearhead a Gov. Gray Davis 2008: California Senator Jeff Denham 2008: Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon recall effort. Davis was removed from office 2011: Wisconsin Senators Robert Cowles, Alberta Darling, Dave Hansen, Sheila Harsdorf, Jim Holperin, Luther Olsen, Robert Wirch and movie actor Arnold Schwarzenegger easily defeated 134 other candidates to win the governorship in a special election. 2011: Wisconsin Senators Randy Hopper, Dan Kapanke 2011: Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce Pearce was the lead architect of Arizona's controversial law SB 1070, cracking down on illegal immigrants. His hard-line stance on the issue upset some Hispanics in his district and members of his large Mormon constituency, who believed Pearce's approach might be hurting the church's ARCE missions in Central and South America. Pearce was defeated by conservative Republican Jerry Lewis. 2011: Michigan Rep. Paul Scott *Govemor Evan Mecham was impeached by Arizona's House of Representatives before the date of the recall election Source: National Conference of State Legislatures Statelīne infographic by: Carla Uriona and Ben Wieder June 5, 2012 STATELINE INFOGRAPHIC Thirty years of state recalls If Wisconsin voters choose to remove Governor Scott Walker from office today, in one of six recall elections taking place in the state, it will mark only the third gubernatorial recall in U.S. history, following California's removal of Gray Davis in 2003 and North Dakota's ouster of Lynn Frazier in 1921. Voters in 18 states can petition to recall state officials, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The number of recall efforts has increased in recent years. survived recalled 1981: Washington Senator Peter von Reichbauer 1983: Michigan Senators Phil Mastin, David Serotkin Mastin and Serotkin were victims of a tax revolt that launched recall attempts against Governor James Blanchard and 14 senators who 1985: Oregon Rep. Pat Gillis supported a 38 percent increase in income taxes, to plug the state's $900 million budget gap. Mastin and Serotkin were ultimately replaced by Republicans Stanley Kurzman and Kirby Holmes, shifting the balance of power in the Senate to the GOP. 1988: Oregon Senator Bill Olson 1988: Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham* 1990: Wisconsin Assembly member Jim Holperin 1994: California Senator David Roberti 1995: California Assembly members Paul Horcher, Doris Allen 1995: California Horcher and Allen, elected as Assembly member Michael Machado Republicans, were successfully recalled in separate elections as retribution for helping Willie Brown, a Democrat, retain his speakership in the Assembly in spite of an elected Republican majority. Republicans also tried to recall Democrat Machado for supporting Brown, after he had pledged to vote with Republicans, but he survived the challenge 1996: Wisconsin Senator George Petak 2003: Wisconsin Senator Gary George 2003: California Davis, a Democrat, was unpopular as a result of electrical blackouts that plagued the state in 2001, and his approval rating plunged further after he proposed large tax increases and spending cuts to close a massive budget gap. Republican U.S. Representative Darrell Issa spent $1.6 million of his own money to spearhead a Gov. Gray Davis 2008: California Senator Jeff Denham 2008: Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon recall effort. Davis was removed from office 2011: Wisconsin Senators Robert Cowles, Alberta Darling, Dave Hansen, Sheila Harsdorf, Jim Holperin, Luther Olsen, Robert Wirch and movie actor Arnold Schwarzenegger easily defeated 134 other candidates to win the governorship in a special election. 2011: Wisconsin Senators Randy Hopper, Dan Kapanke 2011: Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce Pearce was the lead architect of Arizona's controversial law SB 1070, cracking down on illegal immigrants. His hard-line stance on the issue upset some Hispanics in his district and members of his large Mormon constituency, who believed Pearce's approach might be hurting the church's ARCE missions in Central and South America. Pearce was defeated by conservative Republican Jerry Lewis. 2011: Michigan Rep. Paul Scott *Govemor Evan Mecham was impeached by Arizona's House of Representatives before the date of the recall election Source: National Conference of State Legislatures Statelīne infographic by: Carla Uriona and Ben Wieder June 5, 2012 STATELINE INFOGRAPHIC Thirty years of state recalls If Wisconsin voters choose to remove Governor Scott Walker from office today, in one of six recall elections taking place in the state, it will mark only the third gubernatorial recall in U.S. history, following California's removal of Gray Davis in 2003 and North Dakota's ouster of Lynn Frazier in 1921. Voters in 18 states can petition to recall state officials, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The number of recall efforts has increased in recent years. survived recalled 1981: Washington Senator Peter von Reichbauer 1983: Michigan Senators Phil Mastin, David Serotkin Mastin and Serotkin were victims of a tax revolt that launched recall attempts against Governor James Blanchard and 14 senators who 1985: Oregon Rep. Pat Gillis supported a 38 percent increase in income taxes, to plug the state's $900 million budget gap. Mastin and Serotkin were ultimately replaced by Republicans Stanley Kurzman and Kirby Holmes, shifting the balance of power in the Senate to the GOP. 1988: Oregon Senator Bill Olson 1988: Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham* 1990: Wisconsin Assembly member Jim Holperin 1994: California Senator David Roberti 1995: California Assembly members Paul Horcher, Doris Allen 1995: California Horcher and Allen, elected as Assembly member Michael Machado Republicans, were successfully recalled in separate elections as retribution for helping Willie Brown, a Democrat, retain his speakership in the Assembly in spite of an elected Republican majority. Republicans also tried to recall Democrat Machado for supporting Brown, after he had pledged to vote with Republicans, but he survived the challenge 1996: Wisconsin Senator George Petak 2003: Wisconsin Senator Gary George 2003: California Davis, a Democrat, was unpopular as a result of electrical blackouts that plagued the state in 2001, and his approval rating plunged further after he proposed large tax increases and spending cuts to close a massive budget gap. Republican U.S. Representative Darrell Issa spent $1.6 million of his own money to spearhead a Gov. Gray Davis 2008: California Senator Jeff Denham 2008: Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon recall effort. Davis was removed from office 2011: Wisconsin Senators Robert Cowles, Alberta Darling, Dave Hansen, Sheila Harsdorf, Jim Holperin, Luther Olsen, Robert Wirch and movie actor Arnold Schwarzenegger easily defeated 134 other candidates to win the governorship in a special election. 2011: Wisconsin Senators Randy Hopper, Dan Kapanke 2011: Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce Pearce was the lead architect of Arizona's controversial law SB 1070, cracking down on illegal immigrants. His hard-line stance on the issue upset some Hispanics in his district and members of his large Mormon constituency, who believed Pearce's approach might be hurting the church's ARCE missions in Central and South America. Pearce was defeated by conservative Republican Jerry Lewis. 2011: Michigan Rep. Paul Scott *Govemor Evan Mecham was impeached by Arizona's House of Representatives before the date of the recall election Source: National Conference of State Legislatures Statelīne infographic by: Carla Uriona and Ben Wieder June 5, 2012 STATELINE INFOGRAPHIC Thirty years of state recalls If Wisconsin voters choose to remove Governor Scott Walker from office today, in one of six recall elections taking place in the state, it will mark only the third gubernatorial recall in U.S. history, following California's removal of Gray Davis in 2003 and North Dakota's ouster of Lynn Frazier in 1921. Voters in 18 states can petition to recall state officials, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The number of recall efforts has increased in recent years. survived recalled 1981: Washington Senator Peter von Reichbauer 1983: Michigan Senators Phil Mastin, David Serotkin Mastin and Serotkin were victims of a tax revolt that launched recall attempts against Governor James Blanchard and 14 senators who 1985: Oregon Rep. Pat Gillis supported a 38 percent increase in income taxes, to plug the state's $900 million budget gap. Mastin and Serotkin were ultimately replaced by Republicans Stanley Kurzman and Kirby Holmes, shifting the balance of power in the Senate to the GOP. 1988: Oregon Senator Bill Olson 1988: Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham* 1990: Wisconsin Assembly member Jim Holperin 1994: California Senator David Roberti 1995: California Assembly members Paul Horcher, Doris Allen 1995: California Horcher and Allen, elected as Assembly member Michael Machado Republicans, were successfully recalled in separate elections as retribution for helping Willie Brown, a Democrat, retain his speakership in the Assembly in spite of an elected Republican majority. Republicans also tried to recall Democrat Machado for supporting Brown, after he had pledged to vote with Republicans, but he survived the challenge 1996: Wisconsin Senator George Petak 2003: Wisconsin Senator Gary George 2003: California Davis, a Democrat, was unpopular as a result of electrical blackouts that plagued the state in 2001, and his approval rating plunged further after he proposed large tax increases and spending cuts to close a massive budget gap. Republican U.S. Representative Darrell Issa spent $1.6 million of his own money to spearhead a Gov. Gray Davis 2008: California Senator Jeff Denham 2008: Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon recall effort. Davis was removed from office 2011: Wisconsin Senators Robert Cowles, Alberta Darling, Dave Hansen, Sheila Harsdorf, Jim Holperin, Luther Olsen, Robert Wirch and movie actor Arnold Schwarzenegger easily defeated 134 other candidates to win the governorship in a special election. 2011: Wisconsin Senators Randy Hopper, Dan Kapanke 2011: Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce Pearce was the lead architect of Arizona's controversial law SB 1070, cracking down on illegal immigrants. His hard-line stance on the issue upset some Hispanics in his district and members of his large Mormon constituency, who believed Pearce's approach might be hurting the church's ARCE missions in Central and South America. Pearce was defeated by conservative Republican Jerry Lewis. 2011: Michigan Rep. Paul Scott *Govemor Evan Mecham was impeached by Arizona's House of Representatives before the date of the recall election Source: National Conference of State Legislatures Statelīne infographic by: Carla Uriona and Ben Wieder June 5, 2012

Thirty years of state legislative recalls

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