Why did I vote for him? My choice was Bill Jones who did not have the bucks for TV ads (which is the info source for the idiot Joe Sixpacks of this state). I loathed Riordan. He is not only avidly pro-illegal alien, he is also for gun control. He didn't do much for the LA economy despite his promises.
I was mad as hell at Bush for pushing Riordan. If he had stayed out of the race, we might have had a chance. By the way, speculation about why Bush picked Riordan was because Bill Jones had supported McCain in the 2000 primary. So Bush's people wanted to punish him.
The BS that only a "moderate" can win in California is just that!! Peter Wilson became the governor by supporting Prop.187 (would have stopped tax payer support of illegals going to our k-12 schools, getting free medical care, and would have clamped down on fraudulent document makers!!
Unfortunately the idiot Republican who followed him (Lungren) was like Bush (making excuses for illegals)and he turned off the conservative base in disgust. So Davis won! (He also had the monetary support of the big gambling casinos on the Indian reservations in CA, as well as the teachers' unions, and the govt employee unions.