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The 'Terminator' star and bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger served as governor of California from 2003 to 2011.
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Sonny Bono was one half of the legendary Sonny and Cher and was mayor of Palm Springs from 1988 to 1992. He was elected into the House of US Representatives in 1994, serving for four years, until he passed away in 1998.
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Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean, who is Haitian-American, registered to run in the 2010 presidential elections, but was disqualified for not meeting all the residency requirements.
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Child star Shirley Temple Black ran for Congress in 1967, but was unsuccessful. However, she was appointed US ambassador to Ghana in 1974 and to Czechoslovakia in 1989.
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Hollywood heartthrob and actor Ronald Reagan served as first governor to California and went on to become elected president of the United States in 1981.
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Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel, California, in 1986.
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Fred Thompson was fabulous in Law & Order, but he came significantly closer to the law in 1994 when he was also US senator for Tennessee for nine years. He then went on to run in the Republican presidential primaries in 2008, but lost to John McCain.
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Actress and liberal activist Cynthia Nixon found fame starring as "Miranda" in 'Sex and the City', but ran as governor of New York last year.
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Donald Trump is probably the most famous celeb turned politician. The real estate mogul and TV personality is now President of the United States.
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Who didn’t love Kal Penn in Harold & Kumar? We also love that he also servedas an associate director in the 'White House Office' of Public Engagement from 2009 until 2011.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clint Eastwood, Cynthia Nixon, they have all entered the world of politics. Celebs who enter politics often get off to a good start as they are already household names and in politics it's good to get noticed!
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