Arnold takes on the gerrymander: after a status quo election in 2004, the governator calls for change.(FEATURE)

From: Campaigns & Elections | Date: February 1, 2005| Author: Hadfield, Joe | Copyright information

With 100 of 120 seats in the California legislature up for election last fall, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger hoped to see at least some Democratic state lawmakers--whom he once called "girlie men"--replaced by fellow Republicans.

Despite his stumping on behalf of GOP candidates, Schwarzenegger's high approval ratings did not rub off enough to change California's status quo politics. In each state legislative contest in 2004, the party in power stayed in power. Not a single ...

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