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Incumbent Democratic Governor Pat Brown was defeated in his bid for re-election by Republican nominee and future President Ronald Reagan. This remains the last time an incumbent governor of California lost re-election, though one subsequent governor was recalled from office in 2003.
Noting a rapid increase in the Latino participation in California elections, some analysts cite Wilson and the Republican Party's embrace of Proposition 187 as a cause of the failure of the party to win statewide elections. [61] Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is the only Republican to win a California gubernatorial, senatorial, or presidential ...
Jerry Brown, the former California governor who had run for the Democratic nomination in 1976 and 1980, declared a significant reform agenda, including Congressional term limits, campaign finance reform, and the adoption of a flat income tax. Nebraska senator Bob Kerrey was an attractive candidate based on his business and military background ...
The 1879 constitution set the term to begin on the first Monday after January 1, following an election. [a] In 1990, Proposition 140 led to a constitutional amendment [2] implementing a term limit of two terms. [3] Prior to this limit, only one governor, Earl Warren, served more than 2 terms.
Bush left office with a 56% approval rating and a 37% disapproval rating. [166] Shortly after leaving office, Bush's oldest son George W. Bush was elected the governor of Texas in 1994. He was re-elected governor in 1998, along with his younger brother Jeb Bush being elected the governor of Florida. [167]
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Brown served out his second term, but failed to win a third term in 1966, losing reelection to future president Ronald Reagan. [24] Nixon later re-entered politics when he ran for president again in 1968; he won that election, and was later re-elected, but he resigned in disgrace in 1974 due to the Watergate scandal. [23]
The year was 2002, and Democrat Gray Davis was struggling mightily to win a second term as California governor. “The night before the election, his favorability was only 39%,” his campaign ...