Jerry Brown

Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown is the current Governor of California.  Brown has over 35 years of political experience as an activist and elected official.  Brown was elected governor in the November 2010 midterm elections over his Republican opponent, Meg Whitman.  Brown succeeded Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor.http://www.foxnews.com/interactive/politics/candidate-list/#state=CA

Brown served as California governor from 1975 through 1982. He lost a bid for the United States Senate in 1992, but was elected Mayor of Oakland in 1998.  Brown filed papers on September 29, 2009 to formally explore another run for governor of California.http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brown30-2009sep30,0,1862501.story

"What an irony that the spirit of Democracy is bursting out all over the world, while in America democratic choice narrows and is rendered almost illusory. In place of debate and serious public discourse, we are bombarded with 30-second TV ads and short sound bites that obscure and distort the truth."—Jerry Brownhttp://www.csmonitor.com/1991/1021/21081.html

"I view with real concern any effort to take traditional public responsibility and turn them over to profit-making corporations. That can be in schools, that can be in prisons, that can be in community health....I'd like to look at the details, but in general, particularly in law enforcement, we want to make sure that the role of the public is very prominent in any exercise of the course of power.'—Jerry Brown on the governor's proposal to privatize prisons http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=54712

"I see in Jerry two conflicting streaks. He's a real political animal. He knows politics and goes for the jugular. But he's also a real seminarian. He wants to save souls. A lot of politicians make 180-degree turns, but Jerry is the 180-degree kid. All politicians have to be chameleons. But Jerry stretches the definition to the limit."—Robert Reinholdhttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4DC153DF931A35757C0A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1

"Jerry Brown was once a man ahead of his time. Elected governor of the largest state in the union in 1974 at age 34, he was the first major liberal politician to advance positions that have today become conventional wisdom: the U.S. has entered an "era of limits" requiring increased environmental concern; government cannot solve all problems; the budget should be balanced; the country must invest in people and technological innovation, among others."—Fred Branfmanhttp://www.salon.com/weekly/interview960603.html J

• 1. Tax Increases: Stated he would not approve of a tax increase unless the people voted for it. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/n...
• 1. Banks: Has successfully prosecuted Wells Fargo for defrauding investors. http://www.sacbee.com/gov2010/story/2341788.html
• 1. Same Sex Marriage: Has argued against Proposition 8.