For those of you wishing to vote for an actor from the movie Predator this year, your choices just narrowed by one. After some unnecessary public deliberation, independent political personality and former Minnesota Governor Jesse “The Body” Ventura (“Blain”) announced that he would not run against incumbent Norm Coleman (R) and comedian Al Franken (D) for U.S. Senate. Ventura got a few minutes of air time to display his new bald-mullet and complain about politics as usual, but ultimately will have no influence on the tight race between career politician Coleman and the guy who brought us “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.”

Libertarian Sonny Landham (“Billy”) is running for Senate in Kentucky, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (“Dutch”) is term-limited in Cuhlifornia. No word on Richard Chaves’ (“Poncho”) political aspirations.

Sonny Landham, who played the Native American commando, “Billy,” in the 1987 classic Predator is running for Senate in Kentucky as a Libertarian. As someone who once watched Predator three times in one night*, I find this incredibly f’in cool. Landham is now the third star from that film to run for office after Governors Jesse Ventura (Minnesota) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (Culifornia). Predator is becoming to politics what The Outsiders was to Hollywood.

Schwarzenegger repeatedly mined his old movie catch-phrases for (lame) political effect. I think Landham should do the same. “I wouldn’t wish a recession on a broke-dick dog,” and “Mitch McConnell’s out there waiting for us, and he ain’t no man. We’re all gonna die.”

CNN’s story here. Oh, he was also a porn actor.

* B-Oks, much love and congratulations on your Parisian wedding.