A shekarar 1985, Schwarzenegger ya bayyana a cikin "Dakatar da Hauka", wani bidiyon kiɗa na miyagun ƙwayoyi wanda gwamnatin Reagan ta tallafawa. Ya fara fitowa a matsayin dan Republican a lokacin zaben shugaban kasa na 1988, tare da mataimakin shugaban kasa George H. W. Bush a wani gangamin yakin neman zabe.Nadin farko na siyasa na Schwarzenegger shi ne shugaban Majalisar Shugaban kasa kan Jiki da Wasanni, wanda ya yi aiki daga 1990 zuwa 1993. George H. W. Bush ne ya zaba shi, wanda ya kira shi "Conan the Republican".
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