Post by Bret Walker on Aug 12, 2003 10:58:04 GMT -5
Over 450 in California gubernatorial race
Source: The Hindu
Silicon Valley, Aug. 10. (PTI): Some describe it as direct democracy, while others are calling it complete chaos.
Indian-American businessman Vikramjit Bajwa and 'Terminator' Arnold Schwarzenegger were among the more than 450 candidates to have filed candidacy papers to run for governorship of California.
On October 7, California voters will decide two questions: whether incumbent Governor Gray Davis should be ousted and, if so, who should replace him. A "certified list" of candidates will be released on August 13.
The biggest name in the race for the governorship is action hero Schwarzenegger.
In the fray is Bajwa, an Indian-American real estate businessman from Santa Rosa, who like dozens others has paid the $3,500 filing fee and furnished 65 valid signatures to be on the recall ballot.
Other aspirants in the motley crowd of candidates include Different Strokes TV star Gary Coleman, California Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante, businessman Bill Simon, who lost to Davis last November, porn king Larry Flynt and porn star Mary Carey.
Also contending are Georgy Russell, a 26-year-old software engineer with no political experience and William, an 18-year-old with some political experience, having fought and lost all six high-school student elections.
Missing from the race is Darell Issa -- the man who made possible the state's first-ever gubernatorial recall election.
Issa, who was lagging behind in public polls, broke down as he announced on Thursday that he was stepping out of the campaign.
*snip*
Also entering the race:
1. Don Novello, A.K.A. Father Guido Sarducci
2. Gary Coleman
3. Larry Flynt
4. 22 year-old porn star Mary Carey
California is such a joke. ;D
Source: The Hindu
Silicon Valley, Aug. 10. (PTI): Some describe it as direct democracy, while others are calling it complete chaos.
Indian-American businessman Vikramjit Bajwa and 'Terminator' Arnold Schwarzenegger were among the more than 450 candidates to have filed candidacy papers to run for governorship of California.
On October 7, California voters will decide two questions: whether incumbent Governor Gray Davis should be ousted and, if so, who should replace him. A "certified list" of candidates will be released on August 13.
The biggest name in the race for the governorship is action hero Schwarzenegger.
In the fray is Bajwa, an Indian-American real estate businessman from Santa Rosa, who like dozens others has paid the $3,500 filing fee and furnished 65 valid signatures to be on the recall ballot.
Other aspirants in the motley crowd of candidates include Different Strokes TV star Gary Coleman, California Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante, businessman Bill Simon, who lost to Davis last November, porn king Larry Flynt and porn star Mary Carey.
Also contending are Georgy Russell, a 26-year-old software engineer with no political experience and William, an 18-year-old with some political experience, having fought and lost all six high-school student elections.
Missing from the race is Darell Issa -- the man who made possible the state's first-ever gubernatorial recall election.
Issa, who was lagging behind in public polls, broke down as he announced on Thursday that he was stepping out of the campaign.
*snip*
Also entering the race:
1. Don Novello, A.K.A. Father Guido Sarducci
2. Gary Coleman
3. Larry Flynt
4. 22 year-old porn star Mary Carey
California is such a joke. ;D
