Schwarzenegger ya yi takarar sake zaben Democrat Phil Angelides, Baitulmalin Jihar California, a zaben 2006, wanda aka gudanar a ranar 7 ga Nuwamba, 2006. Duk da rashin talauci a shekara ta kasa ga jam'iyyar Republican, Schwarzenegger ya sake lashe zaben tare da 56.0% na kuri'un da aka kwatanta da 38.9% ga Angelides, wani gefe na fiye da kuri'u miliyan 1. A wannan lokacin, masu sharhi da yawa sun ga Schwarzenegger yana motsawa daga dama kuma zuwa tsakiyar tsakiyar siyasa. Bayan jin jawabin Schwarzenegger a lokacin karin kumallo na Martin Luther King Jr. na 2006, San Francisco Gavin Newsom ya ce "[H] ya zama dan Democrat [... H] ya gudu baya, ba ma zuwa tsakiyar ba. Zan ce a tsakiyar-hagu".
fiye da miliyan 1