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" She helped make the case of Stanley “Tookie” Williams an international movement and now she is vying to replace the man responsible for his execution." "“If I win, I will be the first Black female governor in the entire history of the United States,” Ms. Becnel told The Final Call. The Democratic primary is June 6, where Ms. Becnel is running against two candidates spending millions of dollars in their election bid. Ms. Becnel’s grassroots campaign includes energizing the majority of residents who ignore the polls on election day, including young voters ages 18-30, urban voters and ex-felons who...

Report: Schwarzenegger urges GOP left turn Saturday, December 18, 2004 Posted: 7:34 PM EST (0034 GMT) Arnold Schwarzenegger BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested in a German newspaper interview published Saturday that the Republican Party should move "a little to the left," a shift that he said would allow it to pick up new voters.

Bond investors are bullish on Schwarzenegger Reuters, 10.08.03, 12:42 PM ET By Dean Patterson NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bond investors Wednesday greeted Arnold Schwarzenegger's recall election victory with cautious optimism, saying his pro-business bias will help California's ailing economy in the long run. "He understands California has to improve its business climate," said Scott Albrecht, tax-exempt bond fund manager at Federated Investors Inc. in Pittsburgh. Actor and political novice Schwarzenegger, a Republican, easily won California's first-ever gubernatorial recall election on Tuesday, ousting Democratic Gov. Gray Davis less than 10 months into his second term. "He will be a breath of...

Folks, let me be the first to congratulate the voters of the State of California for upending the Davis regime from the voters of the State of Florida. Now, onward to returning a sense of balance and sanity to California, my native state. Meantime.....

California Democratic Party Spokesman Bob Mulholland apologized Monday night for warning Arnold Schwarzenegger that 'real bullets' will be coming his way during his campaign to be governor... Developing...

The following AP story is excerpted from this morning's Washington Post: 'Terminator' in Calif. Recall Race By ERICA WERNER The Associated Press Thursday, August 7, 2003; 7:55 AM LOS ANGELES - With a surprise jump into California's recall race, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger touched off the heaviest tremors in the state's political earthquake to date, saying he wasn't afraid of attacks sure to come from Democrats and conservative Republicans alike. But the aftershock from a day of topsy-turvy developments in the drive to recall Gov. Gray Davis came just hours later, when Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante broke party ranks to...

The Republican fall guy in CaliforniaCalifornia Republicans should blame Bush, not Davis, for their state's economic woes. - - - - - - - - - - - -By Robert ScheerJuly 2, 2003  | The other day a woman asked me to sign a petition calling for the recall of California Gov. Gray Davis. Why, I asked. Because he bankrupted the state, she said. When I begged to differ that it was the Bush administration and its buddies at companies like Enron that had put the state into an economic tailspin, she said she was being paid according to the number...