Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband in bid to succeed Schwarzenegger as California governor
Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, has launched an independent campaign to succeed Arnold Schwarzenegger as California governor.
Von Anhalt, 66, a Republican, is German born and has no political experience. He gave a news conference in West Hollywood and unveiled a billboard of himself in military-style attire on Sunset Strip as part of a $300,000 bid for office.
Von Anhalt has been critical of Austrian-born Schwarzenegger over travel time out of California and his legacy for the state, calling it a "mess".
"Arnold is going to go, and California needs somebody new. It took always a German to clean out the Austrian mess. That was always the case, and it will happen here also."
Von Anhalt says he is a fiscal conservative who is liberal on social issues, supporting gay marriage, legal marijuana and a broad amnesty for illegal immigrants.
During the aftermath of Anna Nicole Smith's death in 2007, he was briefly linked to her infant daughter as one of several alleged fathers. Von Anhalt claimed to have had a 10-year affair with Smith.
Gabor, who turns 93 next month, is in poor health. He said: "My wife, when I married her 23 years ago, she was for me the first lady of California already, and now she gets the title officially."
