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California
Governor Jerry
Brown Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr
(April 7, 1938)-Governor of the State
of California beginning in January,
2011. Party
Affiliation:
Democrat 1969–1971: Los Angeles
Community College District Board of
Trustees 1971–1975: California Secretary
of State 1975-1983: Governor of
California 1980: Candidate for Democratic
Nomination for President of the
United States (lost to Jimmy
Carter 1982: Candidate for U.S. Senate
(lost the General Election to
Republican Pete Wilson) 1989–1991: Chairman of the
California Democratic Party 1999–2007: Mayor of Oakland 2007-2011: California Attorney
General 2011-Present: Governor of
California Jerry Brown is many things to many
people, but boring he is not! From
being called "Governor Moonbeam," for
his interest in Zen Buddhism, to his
romance with country/pop singer Linda
Rondstadt in the late 1970s, this
inheritor of a powerful California
political dynasty has made his mark on
Californian and American politics. Governor
Jerry Brown and singer Linda Rondstadt
on the cover of Newsweek magazine,
April,
1979. Office
of Governor Jerry Brown--Official
State Website Ballad
of Linda and Jerry--From Newsweek
Magazine Jerry
Brown-Wikipedia Article Electoral
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Roman
Catholic Education: 1955:
Attended Santa Clara
University 1956:
Entered Sacred Heart
Novitiate, (a Jesuit
seminary) 1961:
University of California,
Berkeley, BA in
Classics 1964:
Yale Law School,
J.D. Career/Occupation: Political
Career: 1971–1975: California
Secretary of State 1975-1983: Governor of
California 1976: Candidate for
Democratic Nomination for
President of the United
States 1980: Candidate for
Democratic Nomination for
President of the United
States 1989–1991: Chairman of
the California Democratic
Party 1992: Candidate for
Democratic Nomination for
President of the United
States 1999–2007: Mayor of
Oakland 2007-2011: California
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