Mark Z. Barabak: More than 30 states have elected female governors. Will California finally join them?
In 173 years as a state, California has had 40 governors. Democrats, Republicans, members of the Unionist and Know-Nothing parties. Merchants, lawyers, former mayors. A bodybuilder-turned-movie-star. Two movie stars, actually. But never a woman. It's a fact that stands out like Half Dome. This, after all, is a state that fancies itself a progressive path-breaker and bastion of open-minded ...
by Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times
Mar 20, 2024
3 minutes
In 173 years as a state, California has had 40 governors.
Democrats, Republicans, members of the Unionist and Know-Nothing parties.
Merchants, lawyers, former mayors.
A bodybuilder-turned-movie-star. Two movie stars, actually.
But never a woman.
It's a fact that stands out like Half Dome. This, after all, is a state that fancies itself a progressive path-breaker and bastion of open-minded opportunity — and made history in 1992 by becoming the first to elect two women to serve as U.S. senators at the same time.
And yet as
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