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'''Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger''' is an [[Austria]]n-born [[United States of America|American]] actor, politician, [[bodybuilding|bodybuilder]], and businessman, serving as the 38th Governor of [[California]] since 2003.
'''Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger''' is an [[Austria]]n-born [[United States of America|American]] actor, politician, [[bodybuilding|bodybuilder]], and businessman, serving as the 38th Governor of [[California]] since 2003.
==Recall Election==
==Recall Election==
After sitting Governor [[Gray Davis]] instituted a new registration tax.
He was first elected on October 7, 2003, in a special recall election which removed sitting [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Governor Gray Davis from office. Schwarzenegger was sworn in on November 17, 2003, to serve the remainder of Davis' term. Schwarzenegger was then reelected by a landslide on November 7, 2006, in California's 2006 gubernatorial election to serve a full term as governor by defeating Democrat Phil Angelides, who was at that time the California State Treasurer.
He was first elected on October 7, 2003, in a special recall election which removed sitting [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Governor Gray Davis from office. Schwarzenegger was sworn in on November 17, 2003, to serve the remainder of Davis' term. Schwarzenegger was then reelected by a landslide on November 7, 2006, in California's 2006 gubernatorial election to serve a full term as governor by defeating Democrat Phil Angelides, who was at that time the California State Treasurer.