Jerry Brown’s political ambitions could not have come from less humble beginnings. A conversation overheard in the governor’s mansion sparks his political interest, and his father’s crushing defeat to Ronald Reagan illuminates the guiding principle for his political rise: politics is a struggle between those in and out of power. Brown’s weapon of choice against the ins? Political reform.
The Political Mind of Jerry Brown
Ins and Outs
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Jerry Brown in the early 1970's. (Courtesy of the Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.)
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