There’s a new report that actor Val Kilmer may run for governor of
Talk of a potential Kilmer run is nothing new. World Entertainment News Network reported in January that Kilmer might try to follow Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger and other Hollywood stars into politics by seeking to replace Bill Richardson as the state’s leader in a couple of years.
But the Thursday report in The Politico suggests that, after initially floating the idea and seeing the reaction, Kilmer is still serious about the possibility. The January report stated that Kilmer “claims he already has the backing to run for governor… and could do a far better job than other stars who have crossed the divide.”
“I did get some lobbyists once saying that I’d make a good governor,” the media outlet quoted Kilmer as saying. “Reagan wasn’t much of an actor and look how that worked out for him. And then there’s
Kilmer, who has stared in movies including Top Gun and Batman Forever, lives on a large ranch near
A 2003 Rolling Stone article stirred controversy in
Kilmer was scheduled to appear last month with independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader at an open-debate rally in