Governor Reagan
11/08/1966 AD elected
Reagan won the governorship with 57 percent of the vote compared to incumbent Pat Brown's 42 percent.
Reagan's general election opponent, Pat Brown, attempted to label Reagan as an extremist and tout his own accomplishments.
Reagan portrayed himself as a political outsider, and charged Brown as responsible for the Watts riots and lenient on crime.
In numerous speeches, Reagan "hit the Brown administration about high taxes, uncontrolled spending, the radicals at the University of California, Berkeley, and the need for accountability in government".
Meanwhile, many in the press perceived Reagan as "monumentally ignorant of state issues", though Lou Cannon said that Reagan benefited from an appearance he and Brown made on Meet the Press in September.
Lattitude: 36.7783° N
Longitude: 119.4179° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Subjects Who or What elected?
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California (CA) Nation
Objects To Whom or What was elected?
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Ronald Reagan (Ronald Wilson Reagan) 40th President of ...
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