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Davis, wife earned $193,155 in 2002, tax returns show
Wednesday April 16, 2003SACRAMENTO (AP) With the filing deadline hours away, Gov. Gray Davis released tax returns showing he and his wife paid $50,121 in federal and state taxes on an adjusted gross income of $185,357. The couple earned $193,155 last year.
Most of the family income came from the governor's salary of $157,731, according to the couple's returns released Tuesday. His wife, Sharon Davis, reported earning $33,224 as a director on a number of corporate boards, including Golden State Foods, an Irvine-based food distributor.
The state's first couple took $34,277 in itemized deductions, most of it from state and local taxes as well as interest on their Los Angeles condominium.
Charitable contributions included $4,090 to the Church of the Good Shepherd in Los Angeles as well as donations of $500 or less to the AIDS Project of Los Angeles, the Peace Officers Research Association of California and the William Land Elementary School in Sacramento.
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