Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Election 2006

California Election 2006 Watch: Villaraigosa and Schwarzenegger V. Angelides


California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mrs. Villaraigosa, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at the Mayor’s inauguration, July 1, 2005.

Daily Breeze: Governor, L.A. mayor doing power-inspired duet

A series of moves — you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours — benefit Schwarzenegger and Villaraigosa.

If all works out for these two, Schwarzenegger would be re-elected this fall, with Villaraigosa in position to take his place in 2010.Schwarzenegger made the first solid overture in this dance. In April, he named Villaraigosa’s sister, Mary Lou Villar, a $149,000-per-year judge on the Los Angeles Superior Court. Not to say she wasn’t qualified: The mayor’s sister spent many years as both a legal aid attorney and an administrative law judge on the state Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.

Well, it looks like Phil Angelides will have to run against an incumbent GOP Governor Schwarzenegger AND Democrat Latino Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa.

Will anything stop the Schwarzenegger juggernaut to re-election?

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