<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_California_gubernatorial_recall_election" id="mw8Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2003 California gubernatorial recall election">California gubernatorial recall</a>: Then <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_California" id="mw8g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Governor of California">Governor of California</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Davis" id="mw8w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gray Davis">Gray Davis</a> announces that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" id="mw9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="California">state</a> would face a record <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_budget_balance" id="mw9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Government budget balance">budget deficit</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar" id="mw9g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States dollar">$</a>35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier.