It can't get wilder than this! A California governor candidate actually brought a bear to his election campaign. A 500-kg bear named Tag roamed unleashed behind Republican John Cox as he made his campaign speech. Cox has been positioning himself as a beast against the current Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, who he calls "a pretty boy". Cox is campaigning on the theme of "beauty and the beast". "The beautiful politicians have failed California. We need big, beastly changes to save it," Cox said at a rally. Animal rights groups have slammed Cox for using a bear for political and publicity purposes.