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Republican from California

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

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Poll finds pathetic approval ratings for Congress

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"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."

— PolitiFact California on Friday, April 14th, 2017

No need to pump up this figure

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

— PolitiFact California on Friday, March 17th, 2017

Claim tries to pump up Kasich campaign

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

— PolitiFact California on Tuesday, March 8th, 2016

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PolitiFact California's Top 10 fact checks (so far) in 2017

In the first half of 2017, PolitiFact California’s most popular fact-checks and articles, in terms of pageviews, ranged from a Pants On Fire claim that state lawmakers legalized child prostitution to a Mostly True statement about the extremely slim odds of being killed by a refugee in a terror attack.

Does California give more than it gets from Washington D.C.?

Does California send more money to Washington D.C. than it gets back in return? PolitiFact California examines this question as tensions mount between California Democrats and the Trump Administration over possible federal funding cuts to the state.

Arnold Schwarzenegger pumps up California’s clean energy debate

Arnold Schwarzenegger says California's climate change fight hasn't slowed its economic roll.