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Arnold Schwarzenegger is a Republican and was governor of California from November 2003 to January 2011.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on December 1, 2019 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

"In Bakersfield, where there’s a lot of oil drilling going on, there’s more solar jobs now in Bakersfield and around that area than there are oil jobs."

By Chris Nichols • December 6, 2019
Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on February 14, 2017 in a video:

"Here are some of the things that are more popular than Congress: hemorrhoids, Nickelback, traffic jams, cockroaches, root canals, colonoscopies, herpes. Even herpes, they couldn’t beat herpes in the polls."

By Chris Nichols • April 14, 2017
Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on February 23, 2017 in a tweet:

"The average margin of victory in the House of Representatives was 37%" for Democrats and Republicans in the 2016 election.

By Chris Nichols • March 17, 2017
Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on March 6, 2016 in an endorsement speech in Columbus, Ohio.:

When John Kasich became governor of Ohio, "there was an $8 billion budget deficit and now there’s a $2 billion surplus."

By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2016

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