Original sentence: (born December 26, 1942), better known as Gray Davis, is an American politician who served as the Chief of Staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1974-1981), a California State Assemblyman (1983-1987), the California State Controller (1987-1995), the Lieutenant Governor of California (1995-1999), and the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003.His early administration focused on balancing the state budget and education reform--the state had slipped to near the level of Mississippi and Alabama in per-capita per-student spending under the previous governor Pete Wilson
Edited sentence: (born December 26, 1942), better known as Gray Davis, is an American politician who has the distiction of being only the second governor in United States history to be recalled by the people in a special election.Having inherited a budget surplus from the previous republican goveneror Pete Wilson,he began a massive spending program that reflected his liberal philosophy.He had served as the Chief of Staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1974-1981), a California State Assemblyman (1983-1987), the California State Controller (1987-1995), the Lieutenant Governor of California (1995-1999), and the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003