HOLLYWOOD - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has confirmed he will be running for re-election next year, following weeks of speculation. Privately, advisers have urged the Republican governor to declare for months, though the election isn't until November 2006, three years after he arrived in Sacramento in triumph following the historic recall of Gray Davis.
Schwarzenegger told a crowd of supporters in San Diego on Friday, "I'm going to follow through with this here. I'm not in there for three years. I originally got into this to finish the job. I'm in there for seven years. Yes, I will run for governor."
Schwarzenegger was immensely popular during his first year in office, but his job approval ratings have dropped sharply in recent months.
A recent nonpartisan Field Poll found that just 36 per cent of California voters are inclined to re-elect Schwarzenegger.
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