Sep 25 2010

How Old Is Jerry Brown?

Jerry Brown, the California attorney general and one-time governor of that state, is re-seeking the Golden State’s governor’s desk in a hotly contested race. The Democratic candidate is running against the Republican nominee, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in the 2010 mid-term [...]


Sep 25 2010

Is Jerry Brown Married?

Jerry Brown, the California attorney general and one-time governor of that state, is re-seeking the Golden State’s governor’s desk in a hotly contested race. The Democratic candidate is running against the Republican nominee, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in the 2010 mid-term [...]


Sep 24 2010

Jerry Brown, Meg Whitman Tied in California Governor’s Race

Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman are deadlocked at 41 percent each in their race for California governor in the latest Field Poll, continuing a tight contest in which each of the three Field surveys over the last six months have shown them statistically-tied. The poll, conducted Sept. 14-21, shows 18 percent undecided, up [...]


Sep 15 2010

Jerry Brown Gets Bill Clinton’s Endorsement After Apology

Jerry Brown, who hopes to be California’s next governor, has received the endorsement of Bill Clinton, a day after apologizing to the the former president for questioning his truthfulness and making a Monica Lewinsky crack on the campaign trail. In a statement to The Los Angeles Times, Clinton gave Brown his unqualified backing, saying any [...]


Sep 13 2010

Meg Whitman Uses Bill Clinton Sound Bite to Attack Jerry Brown

The tight race for governor of California just got weirder. California’s Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman is out with a new statewide TV ad, attacking Democrat Jerry Brown for raising taxes as governor. But that’s not the unusual part. Interestingly, the attack comes from Bill Clinton. More precisely, it comes from file footage of a [...]


Aug 20 2010

Jerry Brown vs. Meg Whitman: Bobblehead Bellwether in California

Forget the Field Poll. A California minor-league baseball team believes its method of predicting the next governor of the Golden State is a home run. As a pregame promotion Friday, the Sacramento River Cats will give away bobblehead dolls of the two major candidates, Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown. “There will be 1,250 [...]