Porn star Mary Carey

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Coleman and Carey: Actor Gary Coleman and porn star Mary Carey, candidates running in the California recall election, appear during a press conference to announce the Game Show Network's new show "Who Wants To Be Govenor of California? The Debating Game," on Aug. 15 in Los Angeles. The show will air Oct. 1.

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At the Emmys: California gubernatorial candidate and porn star Mary Carey poses for photographers as she arrives at the 55th annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 21 in Los Angeles.

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In jest: Gubernatorial candidate and porn actress Mary Carey uses a fork as she jokes with a TV screen displaying the live broadcast of the California gubermatorial debate in Sacramento at the press room setup for journalists covering "Who Wants to be Governor of California" debating game in Los Angeles on Sept. 24.

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Cojo and Carey: Fashion commentator Steven "Cojo" Cojocaru jokes aorund with adult film actress and gubernatorial candidate Mary Carey as they arrive at the 55th annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 21 in Los Angeles.

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Carey joins 80 other candidates on Leno: Jay Leno, center, poses with gubernatorial candidates actor Gary Coleman, left, Iris Adams, second left, and Douglas Anderson and the rest of 81 candidates after a taping of the Tonight Show on Sept. 22 at NBC Studios in Burbank, Calif. Standing in between Leno and Anderson is porn star Mary Carey. The late-night host in August made an offer to the 135 candidates vying to replace Gov. Gray Davis to come on his show.

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Local girl makes it big: Porn star Mary Carey, a graduate of Fort Lauderdale's Pine Crest School, Class of 1998, is one of 132 candidates running to replace Democratic Gov. Gray Davis in a recall election that has made California the butt of jokes. She's also getting very rich. Her porn movies are one of the hottest buys in California now.