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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 ...
In this file photo, Senator Dianne Feinstein heads to the Senate floor for the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on January 24, 2020 in Washington, D.C..

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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