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Hard to believe anyone is worse than Davis.

Appendix C: Detailed Tables
Table C-1
Spending Variables
Average Annual Average Annual Average Annual
Average Annual Change in Direct Recommended Change in General
Change in Real General Spending Change in Real Fund Spending
per Capita Direct per $1,000 per Capita General per $1,000
Spending General Spending Personal Income Fund Spending Personal Income
Governor State Score Grade through 2000 through 2000 through 2003 2000–2003
Guinn (R) Nevada 75 A -10.0% -8.7% -2.5% 0.9%
Owens (R) Colorado 72 A -2.5% -0.4% -3.6% -6.0%
Barnes (D) Georgia 70 A -2.2% 0.2% -6.4% -2.1%
Engler (R) Michigan 62 B 2.1% 0.0% -2.2% -5.8%
Shaheen (D) New Hampshire 62 B 0.3% 3.5% 0.4% -9.6%
Bush (R) Florida 59 B -1.6% 4.4% -4.5% -1.0%
Pataki (R) New York 56 B -0.7% -1.8% -2.0% 0.9%
Dean (D) Vermont 56 B 2.7% 0.5% -0.7% -4.7%
Martz (R) Montana 56 B -2.7% -0.6%
Janklow (R) South Dakota 54 B 1.3% -0.5% -1.7% -0.4%
Graves (R) Kansas 54 B 1.9% 0.7% -0.4% -3.0%
Musgrove (D) Mississippi 54 B -0.9% -2.1%
Ryan (R) Illinois 53 B -0.5% 2.0% -0.9% -0.7%
Locke (D) Washington 53 B 1.6% -1.7% -1.3% 0.6%
Foster (R) Louisiana 51 C 2.7% -0.1% -0.7% -1.0%
Keating (R) Oklahoma 51 C -1.3% -0.9% 0.1% 1.6%
Johnson (R) New Mexico 50 C 3.1% 2.8% -2.9% 0.5%
Huckabee (R) Arkansas 49 C 2.2% 1.9% 1.0% -2.9%
O'Bannon (D) Indiana 48 C 4.2% 2.6% 0.9% -4.1%
Rowland (R) Connecticut 48 C 1.2% -0.4% 1.5% -0.6%
Patton (D) Kentucky 48 C 5.2% 3.8% -2.2% -1.2%
Johanns (R) Nebraska 45 C 6.9% 7.4% -2.6% -2.6%
Vilsack (D) Iowa 45 C 3.9% 7.2% 0.0% -3.4%
Almond (R) Rhode Island 45 C 2.0% 1.1% -1.1% 3.4%
Minner (D) Delaware 44 C 0.5% -0.9%
King (I) Maine 44 C 2.9% 1.8% 0.9% 0.2%
Sundquist (R) Tennessee 43 D 0.0% -0.5% 2.3% 2.5%
Kempthorne (R) Idaho 42 D 0.4% 2.1% 0.7% 3.0%
Cayetano (D) Hawaii 42 D 0.7% 2.3% 0.9% 2.9%
Leavitt (R) Utah 39 D 5.0% 2.4% 0.4% 1.7%
Hodges (D) South Carolina 37 D 4.5% 6.5% -1.6% 3.4%
Siegelman (D) Alabama 37 D 3.2% 4.2% -1.1% -3.3%
Glendening (D) Maryland 35 D 5.0% 0.9% 2.4% 2.9%
Geringer (R) Wyoming 35 D 1.5% 0.1% 3.6% 4.5%
Taft (R) Ohio 32 D 4.6% 5.5% 2.0% 2.5%
Hoeven (R) North Dakota 32 D 2.7% 0.2%
Wise (D) West Virginia 31 D 2.7% 0.2%
Davis (D) California 29 F 5.0% 4.0% 4.4% 2.2%
Swift (R) Massachusetts 28 F -1.2% 6.2%
Hull (R) Arizona 27 F 10.8% 17.1% -2.2% -0.3%
Ventura (I) Minnesota 26 F 9.8% 11.8% 0.4% 0.7%
Kitzhaber (D) Oregon 24 F 9.1% 7.9% 5.7% -1.8%

Hard to believe anyone is worse than Davis.

Let's give the guy a break. It's really tough to run a state the size of California into the ground in just 4 years. If he's reelected, I'm sure he'll continue the drive to the bottom and will no doubt achieve it.