Moonbeam
Heeere's Jerry, California Governor. Again. As my business school friend Costa once quipped: "careers are a long thing."
Back in the '70s, Jerry wished to use some of California's state-surplus (yes, surplus) to fund a space academy and own and operate a communications satellite and subsequently Linda Ronstadt referred to Jerry as "Moonbeam" to Rolling Stone magazine. The nick-name stuck. Moonbeam somehow appropriate for his hippie-dippie style (he eschewed the Governors Mansion for a two-room apartment and drove a Pontiac to the State Office), though The American Conservative noted he was "much more of a fiscal conservative than Governor Reagan." Whatever your views of the Governor he has been on the right side of social progress, nominating the first openly gay man, and later, lesbian, to the state court.
Here is Brown's electoral history (from wiki)
1970: Elected as California Secretary of State with 51% of the vote
1974: Won Democratic primary for Governor of California with 38% of the vote
1974: Elected as Governor of California with 50% of the vote
1976: Lost Democratic presidential primaries to Jimmy Carter, finishing second with a nationwide 14% of the vote
1978: Won Democratic primary for Governor of California as an incumbent, with 78% of the vote
1978: Reelected as Governor of California with 56% of the vote
1980: Lost Democratic presidential primaries to Jimmy Carter, finishing third with a nationwide 3% of the vote
1982: Won Democratic primary for Senator from California with 51% of the vote
1982: Lost California Senate election to Pete Wilson, with 45% of the vote
1992: Lost Democratic presidential primaries to Bill Clinton, finishing second with a nationwide 20% of the vote
1998: Elected Mayor of Oakland with 59% of the vote
2002: Reelected Mayor of Oakland with 63% of the vote
2006: Won Democratic primary for California Attorney General with 63% of the vote
2006: Elected California Attorney General with 56% of the vote
2010: Won Democratic primary for Governor of California with 84% of the vote
2010: Elected as Governor of California with 53% of the vote
"Multinational corporations do control. They control the politicians. They control the media. They control the pattern of consumption, entertainment, thinking. They're destroying the planet and laying the foundation for violent outbursts and racial division."
"The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs."
"We have to deal with where we are. We have to create cooperatives, we have to create intentional communities, we have to work for local cooperation where we are."
--Jerry Brown
