Schwarzenegger akamhanya kuti asarudzwezve achipikisana naDemocrat Phil Angelides, California State Treasurer, musarudzo dza2006, dzakaitwa musi waNovember 7, 2006. Pasinei negore rakashata munyika yose yebato reRepublican, Schwarzenegger akakunda kusarudzwazve ne56.0% yemavhoti achienzaniswa ne38.9% yeAngelides, muganhu wemavhoti anodarika miriyoni imwe. Munguva iyi, vatsoropodzi vazhinji vakaona Schwarzenegger achifamba kubva kurudyi uye akananga pakati pezvematongerwo enyika. Mushure mekunzwa hurukuro yaSchwarzenegger pa2006 Martin Luther King Jr. kudya kwemangwanani, meya weSan Francisco Gavin Newsom akati "[H] arikuva Democrat [... H] arikumhanya kumashure, kwete kunyangwe pakati. Ndingati pakati-kuruboshwe. "
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