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Mike Machado recall, California (1995)
From Ballotpedia
| California State Assembly recall |
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| Officeholders |
| Recall status |
| Recall election date |
| August 1995 |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 1995 Recalls in California California recall laws State legislative recalls Recall reports |
Mike Machado, a Democratic member of the California State Assembly, successfully defeated a Republican attempt to recall him from office in August 1995.
The stated motivation for the recall attempt was that Machado voted for Willie Brown for assembly speaker after vowing during his election campaign that he would be "an independent voice."[1]
The vote in favor of retaining Rep. Machado was about 2-1 in his favor.
The election was the sixth recall effort against a California legislator since the state instituted the right of recall in 1911.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ New York Times, Effort to Recall California Lawmaker Fails, August 23, 1995.
