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Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American politician. He was the 45th Lieutenant Governor of California, a former Speaker of the State Assembly and a member of the Democratic Party. He served with Governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger and was succeeded by John Garamendi in 2007.
The eldest of six children, Cruz Bustamante was born in Dinuba, California. His family later moved to San Joaquin, California. He attended and graduated from Tranquillity High School in the 1970s, where he excelled in both football and wrestling, and later attended Fresno City College and California State University, Fresno.
With his wife Arcelia, Bustamante has three daughters.
As a resident of Fresno, Bustamante was elected to the California State Assembly in a special election in 1993, and became the Speaker of the Assembly in 1996. He was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1998, the first Latino elected to statewide office in California in more than 120 years. He was also the highest-ranking elected Latino officeholder in the United States until Bill Richardson became Governor of New Mexico in 2003. Bustamante earned his BA via distance learning from the California State University, Fresno in 2003.
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Actors: Lee Holdridge (composer), Suzanne C. Swindle (miscellaneous crew), Stu Segall (producer), Nora Dunn (actress), Mary Carey (actress), Paul Dixon (editor), Adam Rudder (actor), Mariel Hemingway (actress), Nick Stellate (actor), Alex Hyde-White (actor), Charley Rossman (actor), Gerald W. Abrams (producer), Jürgen Prochnow (actor), Matt Dorff (producer), Delia Fine (producer),
Plot: This biographical docu-drama alternates between two parallel threads in the life of 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv): his formative early years as the repeat winner of the Mr. Olympia body-building championship; and his modern foray into the world of politics, hitting the campaign trail and competing in the frenzied atmosphere that accompanied California's chaotic recall election.
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