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Jerry Brown Seeking Third Term as California Governor, 27 Years Later
By Richard C. Paddock - Politics DailySAN FRANCISCO – Jerry Brown, who was first elected governor of California when he was 36, wants another try at the job – 27 years after he left office. The enigmatic Brown, who will turn 72 in April, announced Tuesday that he is officially in the race to succeed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. If elected to serve a third term, Brown would become California's oldest governor. Brown, now the state's attorney general, continued to demonstrate his penchant for the unorthodox by announcing his entry into the race in a video posted on his Web site without the usual fanfare of campaign ...
Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman Running Even in California Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican Meg Whitman, the former eBay chief executive, is running neck-and-neck with Attorney General Jerry Brown in a California gubernatorial matchup, with each drawing 43 percent of voters, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 15. Six percent prefer someone else and 8 percent are undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points. If State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner managed to get the GOP nomination, Brown would be leading him 46 percent to 34 percent with 7 percent preferring another candidate and 13 percent undecided. The San Francisco Chronicle reported in late ...
Brown Leads Whitman in California Governor Match-Up
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer eBay CEO Meg Whitman is far outdistancing state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner for the GOP nomination for governor in California, but she trails state Attorney General (and former governor) Jerry Brown in a general election match-up, according to a Public Policy Institute of California conducted Jan. 12-19. Whitman leads Poizner 41 percent to 11 percent with 4 percent preferring someone else and 44 percent undecided. In the general election, Brown leads Whitman 41 percent to 36 percent with 23 percent undecided. The margin of error is 3 points. Follow Poll Watch on Twitter. ...
Meg Whitman Favorite for GOP Governor Nod in California, but Trails Jerry Brown
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNow that former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner in a one-on-one match-up, she has widened her lead in the race for the Republican nomination for governor, although she still trails in a general election contest against state Attorney General Jerry Brown, according to a Field poll conducted Jan. 5-17. The Republican contest became a two-way race when former Rep. Tom Campbell decided to drop out and instead join the field of GOP candidates seeking to challenge Sen. Barbara Boxer. Whitman leads Poizner 45 percent to 17 percent with 38 percent undecided. If ...
Brown, Whitman Tied in California Governor Match-Up
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyIn a match-up for next year's governor's race in California, Democratic Attorney General Jerry Brown is tied with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, the Republican, at 41 percent each with 3 percent preferring some other candidate and 14 percent undecided, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Nov. 17. Brown leads the two other candidates angling for the GOP nomination. He's ahead of state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner by 43 percent to 32 percent with 7 percent preferring someone else and 18 percent are undecided. He leads former Rep. Tom Campbell, 42 percent to 33 percent with 6 ...
Brown Is Strongest Governor Prospect in California Field
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyCalifornia Attorney General Jerry Brown leads San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom by a commanding 47 percent to 27 percent with 26 percent undecided in a match-up for the Democratic nomination for governor, but the picture is cloudier on the Republican side where 49 percent of voters are undecided, according to a Field poll conducted Sept. 18 - Oct. 5. ...
Jerry Brown Shows Strength in California Governor's Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyCalifornia Attorney General Jerry Brown leads all Republican candidates in early match-ups for the 2010 governor's race, but the other Democrat seeking the office, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, trails the GOP hopefuls who were tested in a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Sept. 24. ...
Los Angeles Begrudgingly Re-Elects Antonio Villaraigosa
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyOkay, so technically we should have reported this yesterday, but frankly we didn't care enough.Antonio Villaraigosa, the mayor of Los Angeles (population 3,834,340) was re-elected on Tuesday with a grand total of... wait for it...127,955 votes. For those of you who weren't math majors, that translates to 3.3% of the city's residents. (Or 56% of the people who actually participated in the election-- estimated to be 15% of eligible voters.)127,955 votes in the nation's second largest city. That's more or less the number of paid staffers Michael Bloomberg will have in his upcoming race in the ...
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