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Name: Joseph Graham ``Gray'' Davis Jr.
Party: Democrat.
Birth date: Dec. 26, 1942.
Age: 60.
Birthplace: New York City.
Education: B.A., Stanford University, 1964; J.D., Columbia University Law School, 1967.
Family: Wife Sharon Ryer Davis, no children.
Career: 1967-69, Captain, U.S. Army Signal Corps; 1970-73, private law practice, Los Angeles; 1973, campaign finance director for Tom Bradley for Mayor campaign; 1973-74, special assistant to Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley; 1974, candidate for state treasurer; 1975-81, chief of staff to Gov. Jerry Brown; 1982-86; state assemblyman; 1987-95, state controller; 1995-1999, lieutenant governor; 1999-present, governor.
Campaign Web site: http://no-recall.com/index.asp