On the level:
The voting's over, but there's still time for a lot of analysis. I've updated The Ultimate California Gubernatorial Recall Candidate List to show how many votes each candidate garnered.
Here are the top twenty candidates, and some others of interest (updated for 3 place accuracy):
1. Arnold Schwarzenegger 48.7% *
2. J. "Gray" Davis 44.6%
3. Cruz M. Bustamante 31.7%
4. Tom McClintock 13.4%
5. Peter Miguel Camejo 2.8%
6. Arianna Huffington 0.6%
7. Peter V. Ueberroth 0.3%
8. Larry Flynt 0.3%
9. Gary Coleman 0.2%
10. George B. Schwartzman 0.2%
11. Mary Cook 0.2%
12. Bruce Martin Margolin 0.2%
13. Bill Simon 0.2%
14. John Christopher Burton 0.1%
15. David Laughing Horse Robinson 0.1%
16. Van Vo 0.1%
17. Leo Gallagher 0.1%
18. Cheryl Bly-Chester 0.1%
19. Lawrence Steven Strauss 0.1%
20. Ronald Jason Palmieri 0.1%
* Percent total exceeds 100 because it's California.
30. Garrett Gruener - Money can't buy love either.
34. Ned Fenton Roscoe - Smoke on Ned.
35. Georgina Russell - Her thong didn't get votes.
37. Jack Loyd Grisham - Listen to his music!
47.Marc Valdez - This real blogger links to me!
81. Kurt E. Rightmyer - He's a winner in Sumo.
136. Todd Richard Lewis - Bum Fight guy came in dead last.
Notice how all the celebrities are in the top dozen. 17 if you count Gallagher.
Also, who is George Schwartzman? I guess a lot of voters just scanned the ballot and stopped when they saw Schwar....
Congratualtions to all of you who ran, thanks for the show. (Curtain closes, with applause.)
