In the Running for California Governor

Reva Renee Renz

Age: 36

Party: Republican

Occupation: Cocktail lounge owner

Residence: Santa Ana

Family: Single

Education: Attended Cypress Community College.

Career highlights: Owner for five years of an Orange County lounge; stockbroker in mid-1990s, as well as an amateur bikini model.

Quote: "This is the first and probably the last time in my life that I'll be able to run for office. I think we need an inexperienced and nonpolitician in office."

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Kurt E. "Tachikaze" Rightmyer

Age: 39

Party: Nonpartisan

Occupation: Middleweight sumo wrestler (188-255 pounds)

Residence: West Covina

Family: Married, one child

Education: B.A. in English, 1996, UCLA.

Career highlights: Middleweight points leader, 2003 California Sumo Series; nominated in 2001 for a poetry Pushcart Prize, which honors literary work published in small magazines; taught English in Japan for two years with Japan Exchange and Teaching Program.

Quote: "Sumo is a very quick, fast, brutal contest. It requires a great deal of concentration and a razor-sharp mind. It's perfect training, because everything in this state is in turmoil, and it's hard for people to get a grip on it."

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David "Laughing Horse" Robinson

Age: 48

Party: Democrat

Occupation: Sculptor, art instructor, tribal chairman

Residence: Bakersfield

Family: Married, two children, two grandchildren

Education: Attending Cal State Bakersfield.

Career highlights: Elected chairman of Kawaiisu Tribe in 1997 and reelected in 2002; art technician at Cal State Bakersfield for five years.

Quote: "I saw our budget for the Cal State system and we're going to get one-third of last year's budget and they are raising tuition. That just made me sick. There is no excuse for the richest state in the country to be broke. I can straighten things out."

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Mike Schmier

Age: 58

Party: Democrat

Occupation: Employment and labor relations lawyer

Residence: Emeryville

Family: Single

Education: Bachelor of business administration, 1965; MBA, 1966; law degree, 1969, all from University of Michigan.