Schwarzenegger wins California governorship

2003 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, the people’s choice to be governor of California, prepared to move swiftly to shape his administration after fears of a chaotic power transition faded. From humble beginnings as a farmboy in Austria, Schwarzenegger turned himself into the world’s greatest bodybuilder and Hollywood’s biggest action star. The Republican actor, best known as the ‘Terminator’, has been elected leader of the most populous state in America.