A porn star is campaigning to join the race for the governorship of California.

Mary Carey, 22, said her electoral platform would include taxing breast implants to generate revenue and hiring porn stars to help negotiate better electricity prices.

The 5' 9" blonde has also pledged to make lap dances tax deductible.

"My goal is to bring happiness to the streets of California," Carey said as she tried to gather the 65 signatures needed to put her name on the October 7 ballot.

The adult movie star wants to create a 'Porno for Pistols' programme under which people would be urged to swap their guns for X-rated movies.

"If more guys had orgasms, they'd be less violent," she said, adding that she would present herself as an independent candidate.

Sporting a star-spangled bikini top, Tommy Hilfiger shorts and 4-inch-high platform sandals, she strutted her stuff in Los Angeles, stopping passers-by to sign her petition.

She also has a novel solution to global warming: "Wear less clothes!"

Carey joins potential candidates such as movie star and Republican activist Arnold Schwarzenegger and Hustler magazine publisher and Democrat Larry Flynt.