Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. is an American lawyer,author,and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he was elected Secretary of State of California in 1970;Brown later served as Mayor of Oakland from 1999 to 2007 and Attorney General of California from 2007 to 2011. He was both the oldest and sixth-youngest governor of California due to the 28-year gap between his second and third terms. Upon completing his fourth term in office,Brown became the fourth longest-serving governor in U.S. history,serving 16 years and 5 days in office.
Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 32nd governor of California from 1959 to 1967. His first elected office was as district attorney for San Francisco,and he was later elected Attorney General of California in 1950,before becoming the state's governor after the 1958 election.
Courken George Deukmejian Jr. was an American politician who served as the 35th governor of California from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Republican Party,he was the state's first governor of Armenian descent.
Margaret Cushing Whitman is an American business executive,diplomat,and politician serving as the United States ambassador to Kenya since 2022. Whitman was president and chief executive officer (CEO) of eBay from 1998 to 2008. Afterwards,she became president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from 2011 to 2015,during the company's major split. She then served as the CEO of Quibi from its launch in 2018 until its closure in 2020. A member of the Republican Party,she ran for governor of California but was defeated by former governor Jerry Brown in California's 2010 gubernatorial election. Whitman was a senior presidential campaign official for Republican Mitt Romney in both 2008 and 2012,although she supported Democrats Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in the 2016 presidential election and the 2020 presidential election,respectively.
March Fong Eu was an American diplomat and politician who served as the 24th secretary of state of California for five terms from 1975 to 1994. A member of the Democratic Party,she served in the California State Assembly from 1967 to 1974 and later as the United States ambassador to Micronesia under Bill Clinton from 1994 to 1996.
The 1994 California gubernatorial election was held on November 8,1994,in the midst of that year's "Republican Revolution". Incumbent Republican Pete Wilson easily won re-election over his main challenger,Democratic State Treasurer Kathleen Brown,the daughter of Pat Brown and younger sister of Jerry Brown,both of whom had previously served as governor. Although Wilson initially trailed Brown in the polls as a result of the state's faltering economy,his signature opposition to affirmative action and state services for illegal immigrants eventually led to his win. Wilson won 25% of the African American vote,a fairly strong performance for a Republican. However,he won only 25% of the Latino vote,a weak performance which was widely attributed to his support of Prop 187. This election was the first California gubernatorial election since 1974 in which the winner of the gubernatorial election was of a different party from the incumbent president.
The California Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of California. It is headquartered in Sacramento,the state capital.
Hector De La Torre is an American politician from Los Angeles County,California who served in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010. A Democrat,he represented the largely Latino 50th Assembly district.
Diane Mary Martinez is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly for the 49th district from 1992 until 1998. She is a Democrat. A resident of Monterey Park,Her freshman class was the first elected under 1990 voter approved term limits. Martinez became the first freshman to chair a full standing committee,Elections Reapportionments and Constitutional Amendments. Her committee assignments included Appropriations,Education,Health,Local Government,Public Safety,and Utilities and Commerce.
The 2010 California gubernatorial election was held November 2,2010,to elect the governor of California. The primary elections were held on June 8,2010. Because constitutional office holders in California have been prohibited from serving more than two terms in the same office since November 6,1990,incumbent Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger was term-limited and thus was ineligible to run for re-election to a third term. Former governor Jerry Brown,to whom the term limits did not apply due to a grandfather clause,defeated Meg Whitman in the general election and was sworn into office on January 3,2011. As of 2024,this is the last time the governor’s office in California changed partisan control.
The 1992 United States Senate election in California took place on November 3,1992,at the same time as the special election to the United States Senate in California. Incumbent Democrat Alan Cranston decided to retire. Democrat Barbara Boxer won the open seat. This election was noted as both of California's senators were elected for the first time. This is not a unique occurrence;it would happen again in Tennessee in 1994,Kansas in 1996,and Georgia in 2021. Fellow Democrat Dianne Feinstein,California's senior senator,won the special election and was inaugurated in November 1992.
The 1994 United States Senate election in California was held November 8,1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein won re-election to her first full term. By a margin of 1.9%,this election was the closest race of the 1994 Senate election cycle. This election was the first time ever that an incumbent Democratic Senator from California was re-elected or won re-election to this seat.
Neel Tushar Kashkari is an American banker,economist and politician who is the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. As interim Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability from October 2008 to May 2009,he oversaw the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) that was a major component of the U.S. government's response to the Financial crisis of 2007–2008. A Republican,he unsuccessfully ran for Governor of California in the 2014 election.
Betty T. Yee is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as California State Controller from 2015 to 2023. She previously served as a member of the California Board of Equalization from 2004 to 2015. She won the open seat for Controller in the 2014 election,with 54% of the vote. Yee won reelection in 2018,defeating Republican Konstantinos Roditis in a landslide,and she served as Controller until January 2,2023.
The 2014 California gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of California,concurrently with elections for the rest of California's executive branch,as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2018 California gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the Governor of California,concurrently with elections for the rest of California's executive branch,as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jerry Brown was ineligible to run for re-election for a third consecutive term due to term limits from the Constitution of California. The race was between the incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and businessman John H. Cox,a Republican,who qualified for the general election after placing first and second in the June 5,2018,primary election.
Steven Mitchell Glazer is an American politician and former political advisor serving as a member of the California State Senate from the 7th Senate District,which includes most of Contra Costa County and eastern portions of Alameda County in the East Bay.
California state elections in 2018 were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018,with the primary elections being held on June 5,2018. Voters elected one member to the United States Senate,53 members to the United States House of Representatives,all eight state constitutional offices,all four members to the Board of Equalization,20 members to the California State Senate,and all 80 members to the California State Assembly,among other elected offices.
The 1998 Oakland mayoral election was held on June 2,1998,to elect the mayor of Oakland,California. It saw the election of Jerry Brown,the former and future Governor of California,as mayor.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on Tuesday,November 4,1986. All of the state's executive officers—the Governor,Secretary of State,Auditor,Treasurer,and Superintendent of Public Instruction—were up for election. Democrats performed well in the year's elections;Democratic nominee Mike Sullivan won the gubernatorial election by a decisive margin,Superintendent Lynn Simons won a sizable majority in her bid for a third term,and Kathy Karpan won the open Secretary of State's race. Republicans prevailed in elections for State Auditor and Treasurer.
