Sonny Landham career, Landham was an actor in pornographic films. He then became a mainstream movie actor and appeared in a number of Hollywood films, including "The Warriors" (as a subway policeman whose leg gets broken by a baseball bat-wielding Michael Beck), "Predator", "48 Hrs.", "Lock Up" and "Action Jackson". In 2003, Landham ran in the Republican Party primary election for the post of Governor of Kentucky, hoping to repeat the success of his "Predator" castmates Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He based his candidacy on opposition to an amendment which endorsed the Kentucky Family Court, saying his
2003 California Proposition 54 difficult for the state to provide services and identify and correct racial disparities. This issue might normally have been more contentious had it not been overshadowed by the recall election of Governor Gray Davis on the same ballot. The question before voters was: Summary of Legislative Analyst's Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact: 2003 California Proposition 54 Proposition 54 was a California ballot proposition on the October 7, 2003 gubernatorial recall election ballot. It failed to pass with 3,144,145 (36.1%) votes in favor and 5,541,314 (63.9%) against. It was placed on the ballot through the initiative process.