Crises — either real or merely perceived — can make or break political careers as news media and the voting public judge how those who hold or aspire to office respond.

Joseph "Gray" Davis was overwhelmingly elected the 37th governor of California in 1998, winning 58 percent of the vote. As Governor, he made education a top priority, signing legislation to strengthen ...

Join us for the stranger than fiction story behind the 2003 California recall election ... Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis.