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Brown, 70, himself the son of an iconic governor (Pat Brown, who famously defeated Richard Nixon), is probably best known outside of California as a three-time Democratic presidential candidate and a former longtime boyfriend of Linda Ronstadt. Currently the state's attorney general, he has already added more than $3 million to his war chest, money that can be easily transferred to a gubernatorial campaign when the time is right. (See the top 10 financial collapses...
...everyone is waiting. Another longtime Golden State political pro, Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi, a two-time former insurance commissioner and Deputy Interior Secretary under President Clinton, told TIME, "I am in. Period." (Garamendi, 64, was once a political rival of Brown's sister Kathleen.) California, Garamendi said, needs a leader who will put progressive back into the state's political lexicon. Despite Schwarzenegger's recent swing to the middle, Garamendi said the governor has lost his ability to lead the state out of its troubles. Schwarzenegger's two terms, Garamendi said, "have been a failure of leadership." (See 25 people...
Meanwhile, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, 41, another Democrat who has yet to officially enter the race, has been barnstorming across California holding town-hall-style meetings. "We've done six and we have more scheduled," he said recently, taking a late-night break on the side of a road to talk politics with TIME for 45 minutes. "And I just can't believe how engaged, and how passionate, the voters are at each and every place we go. They are hungry for change." (See pictures of the recession...
Like Brown, Newsom says California is in bad shape. But he adds that he will offer a more hopeful message than one anchored by austerity. "There are two ways to respond to our current crisis," Newsom said. "One, we can cut our way out. But then we enter a downward spiral of disinvestment. The other is, we can grow our way out of our problems. That's where I am. This state has such amazing capacity for change, for economic development. We need a strategy to grow." (Watch a video about gay marriage in California...
...second term on March 3. After that, an aide told TIME, he can turn his attention to whether he will run for governor. "He has said on the record that he doesn't know yet, but when he decides, he'll do what's best for the people of California," the aide said. (See the 25 most influential Hispanics in America...