Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger lays a wreath at George Washington's tomb during An American Celebration 2025 in Mount Vernon, Virginia, on July 4, 2025. mpi34/mediaPunch /IPX/AP

Arnold Schwarzenegger , the action star and former Republican governor of California, urged voters in the state to oppose Proposition 50 , a ballot initiative backed by Democrats that would allow the party to temporarily redraw the state’s congressional maps.

“I hate to get political here, but this is not political. This is more about democracy,” he said during an appearance at the University of Southern California on Monday. “If you vote yes on that, we go backwards.”

The comments mark the former governor’s first major public appearance against redistricting since Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom

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