Schools Strike: The union representing 30,000 education workers reached a tentative deal with the Los Angeles Unified School District, following a three-day strike that had closed hundreds of campuses But much of it is Arnold - the only person in the state’s 170-year history to become governor in a recall - just being Arnold. His embrace of bipartisanship has a role, as does the state’s fixation with recalls, not to mention Whiskey and Lulu, who stole the show in a series of homemade public service videos he posted during the pandemic. Some has to do with former President Donald J. The reasons are as sweeping and small as the reasons California elected him in the first place. He is a more popular political figure today than when he was elected, a feat for a Republican in a state so blue. Schwarzenegger did not so much repair his image as allow California to recalibrate its view of his contributions. An action-movie star who was elected - and re-elected - on a promise to rescue California from Democratic excess, he ended up with a 27 percent approval rating and a personal scandal that ended his marriage.īut California is the land of second - and third and fourth - chances. “Why did Trump get elected? Because people were dissatisfied with the politicians. ![]() ![]() Schwarzenegger, 73, who rode a wave of populist angst in 2003 to become California’s 38th governor, winning the recall election that toppled Gray Davis.
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