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2009

• Carty Finkbeiner recall, 2009. Mayor of Toledo, Ohio.^[1]

• Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District recall of all board members, 2009.^[2]

• Lyle Turner recall election, 2009^[3]

• San Fernando City Council recall, 2009 ^[4]

• Gladstone School Board recall, Michigan 2009. ^[5]

• Jackie Poplar recall, Michigan 2009. ^[6]

• Don Williamson recall, Michigan 2009. Mayor of Flint, Michigan.

• Westwood Heights School District recall, 2009.^[7]

• Steve Hunter recall, Louisiana 2009. ^[8]

• Bernard Russell recall, Lyons 2009.^[9]

• Jerry Kern recall, Oceanside 2009.^[10]

• Deborah Trout recall, Hunterdon County, 2009.^[11]

• Jim Schneider recall, Osage Beach Fire Protection District, 2009.^[12]

• Sam Adams recall, Portland, Oregon, 2009.^[13]

• Evermore Community Improvement District recalls, Gwinnett County, 2009.^[14]

• Martha Andrus recall, Grambling, Louisiana, 2009.^[15]

• Madison Nguyen recall, San Jose, California, 2009.^[16]

• Eddie Price recall, Mandeville, Louisiana, 2009.^[17]

• Buena Vista Board of Trustees recall, Colorado, 2009.^[18]

• Bill Postmus recall, San Bernardino, California, 2009.^[19]

• Kevin Stufflebean recall, Coos County, Oregon, 2009.^[20]

• Hondo City Council recalls, Texas, 2009.^[21]

• Golden City Council recalls, Colorado, 2009.^[22]

• Silverio Vega recall, West New York, 2009.^[23]

• Matt White recall, El Reno, Oklahoma, 2009.^[24]

• Julia Moeller recall, Adams County, Nebraska, 2009.^[25]

• Ernie Troiano and Bill Davenport recall, Wildwood, New Jersey, 2009.^[26]

• Kent City Council recall, Ohio, 2009.^[27]

2008

Successful

• Sheila Benecke recall (2008). This recall election in the Capistrano Unified School District was held on June 24, 2008.
• Marlene Draper recall (2008).
• Mary Jane Galviso recall (2008). Orosi Public Utility District in Tulare County.^[7]
• Rodney Sanders recall (2008). Strathmore Public Utilities District in Tulare County.^[7]

Unsuccessful

• Jeff Denham recall (2008). California state legislator, election scheduled for June 3, 2008.
• Andy Dillon recall (2008). Speaker of the House, Michigan. Ruling in Bogaert v. Land put the recall on the November 4, 2008 ballot.

Insufficient signatures

• Mike Fahey recall (2008). Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska. Failed to collect enough signatures.
• Mark Funkhouser recall (2008). Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. Failed.
• Kwame Kilpatrick recall (2008). Mayor of Detroit, Michigan
• Susan Merrow recall (2008).^[28]
• Michelle Strong recall (2008). School board member, Clayton County schools, Georgia.
• Sandra Scott recall (2008). School board member, Clayton County schools, Georgia.
• Southfield school board members (2008).^[29]
• See also 2008 recall campaigns

2007

• Robert Spangler recall (2007). Doraville, Georgia, city council.
• Shelly Wilson recall (2007), Chatham School District, Alaska, school board member. Recalled.
• Edward Gamble recall (2007), Chatham School District school board member. Recalled.
• Irene Paul recall (2007), Chatham School District school board member. Recalled.

2006

• Kathleen Blanco recall (2006), Governor. Failed to collect enough signatures.
• Aaron Broussard recall (2006), Jefferson parish president in Louisiana. Collected 49,000 signatures; short of the 88,000 needed for an election.

2005

• Phaedra Graham recall (2005). Mayor of Riverdale, Georgia. Failed.
• Paul Howard recall (2005). District attorney, Atlanta, Georgia.
• Saundra McFadden-Weaver recall (2005). This recall of a Third District Councilwoman in Kansas City failed.
• James West recall (2005). This recall of the mayor of Spokane, Washington, was successful.

2003

• Gray Davis recall (2003). Gray Davis, governor of California, was successfully recalled.
• Nativo Lopez recall (2003). Lopez, board member of the Santa Ana Unified School District in California, was successfully recalled.
• Huey Dean recall, 2003. Mayor of Homer, Louisiana.^[30]

1999

• Dave Meneley recall (1999). The effort to recall Dave Meneley, the sheriff in Shawnee County, Kansas, failed.

1996

• Doris Allen recall (1996), California. Recall was successful.
• George Petak recall (1996), Wisconsin. Recall was successful.

1995

• Mike Machado recall (1995), State senator, California. Recall was unsuccessful.
• Paul V. Horcher recall (1995), State senator, California. Recall was successful.

1994

• David Roberti recall (1994), State senator, California. Recall failed.

1993

• Bob Garfinkle recall (1993), City Council, Union City, California. Recall failed by one vote.

1992

• Covina City Council recall (1992). All five members of the city council were successfully recalled, including Henry Morgan,Richard Gratton, John King, Chris Lancaster and Frieda Richardson. (Also see Covina Utility Tax (June 2008).)

1988

• Evan Mecham recall (1988), Govenor of Arizona. Mecham was impeached and removed from office before the recall election took place.

1983

• Phil Mastin recall (1983), Michigan state senator, successfully recalled.
• David Serotkin recall (1983), Michigan state senator, successfully recalled.

1978

• Dennis Kucinich recall (1978). Kucinich escaped this recall.

1967

• Frank Church recall (1967). Unsuccessful.

1952

• J.E. Bennett recall (1952), Portland, Oregon city commissioner. Recall was successful.

1949

• Mike Elliott recall, Multnomah County, 1949

1932

• John Mann recall, Portland, 1932. Portland City Council. Recall was successful.

1924

• Multnomah County Commission recall, Oregon, 1924

1921

• Lynn Frazier recall (1921). Lynn Frazier, Governor of North Dakota, was successfully recalled.

1916

• Edwin Grant recall (1914), California. Recall was successful.

1914

• Jeremiah Robinson recall (1914). A successful recall of the mayor of Boise, Idaho.

1913

• Marshall Black recall (1913), California. Recall was successful.
• James Owens recall (1913), California. Recall was unsuccessful.

1911

• J.H. Graham recall (1911). This effort to recall the Mayor of Wichita, Kansas was successful.

References

1. ↑ Toledo Blade, "Take Back Toledo group seeks recall of Finkbeiner", December 5, 2008
2. ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Tioga High students push to recall school board", January 5, 2009
3. ↑ Lyle Turner recall information
4. ↑ Daily News, "San Fernando voters recall two council members", January 14, 2009
5. ↑ Escanaba Daily Press, "School board recall proponents facing deadlines", January 14, 2009
6. ↑ Michigan Live, "Recall election appears likely against Flint City Councilwoman Jackie Poplar after challenge fails to disqualify enough petition signatures", December 22, 2008
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Flint Journal, "Recall elections set for Flint Mayor Don Williamson, Jackie Poplar and other Genesee County officials", January 2, 2009
8. ↑ Monroe Free Press, "Clock running out on recall, tempers flare", January 16, 2009
9. ↑ Ionia Sentinel-Standard, "Lyons initiates village president recall", January 21, 2009
10. ↑ North County Times, "Kern answers recall proponents", January 22, 2009
11. ↑ Hunterdon County Democrat, "Sheriff writes response for recall petition", January 20, 2009
12. ↑ Lake Sun Leader, "Recall petition paperwork received", January 22, 2009
13. ↑ Portland Business Journal, "Lunch: Getting rid of Adams ‘difficult’", January 21, 2009
14. ↑ Atlanta Journal Constitution, "Gwinnett may address Evermore feud", January 22, 2009
15. ↑ The News Star, "Meeting set in Grambling to discuss recall petition on mayor", January 6, 2009
16. ↑ Mercury News, "Race to oust San Jose Councilwoman Madison Nguyen heats up", January 22, 2009
17. ↑ NOLA, "Mandeville Mayor Eddie Price recall bid in home stretch", January 16, 2009
18. ↑ Chaffee County Times, "BV town council hears opinions on recall effort", January 24, 2009
19. ↑ Redlands Daily Facts, "County to hire law firm to investigate Postmus", January 22, 2009
20. ↑ The World, "Group wants county commissioner recalled", January 20, 2009
21. ↑ [http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/37839399.html San Antonio News, " Hondo council recall effort advances", January 19, 2009]
22. ↑ [http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Stories/News/Government/Story~563448.aspx Mayor Smith responds to city council recall, December 31, 2008]
23. ↑ Hudson Reporter, "Petition to ‘heal’ West New York", January 2009
24. ↑ KSBI-TV, "El Reno Hospital Controversy Continues", December 29, 2008
25. ↑ The Grand Island Independent, "Former Adams County treasurer pleads not guilty to charges", January 14, 2009
26. ↑ Cape May County Herald, "Recall Committee Plans ‘Door to Door’ Campaign", January 2009
27. ↑ Akron Beacon-Journal, "Kent voters turn aside recall effort against five city officials", January 14, 2009
28. ↑ Bethel Citizen, "Petition calls for Merrow ouster"
29. ↑ Southfield school millage makes ballot, recall doesn't
30. ↑ Guardian Journal, "Petition appears to be short of valid signatures to recall mayor", August 28, 2003

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