Timeline (No Reagan)

1964 

July 13 to July 16: The Republican National Convention is held, Barry Goldwater is nominated for president. Actor Ronald Reagan, while suffering from minor food poisoning, gives a speech. The speech is poorly received and Reagan's interest in politics fizzles.

1966 

November 8: California Democrat Governor Pat Brown easily wins re-election over former San Francisco Mayor George Christopher, Pat Brown privately lets it known that this will be his last term as governor.

1970 

November 3: Republican California State Assembly member Robert T. Monagan, Jr defeats fellow Assembly member Democrat Jesse M. Unruh to become Governor of California.

1974 

November 5: Democrat Jerry Brown, son of former California Governor Pat Brown easily beats Governor Robert T Monagan to win the Governorship.

<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:3"><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">1975 

<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">January: Jerry Brown announces he will be seeking the Democratic nomination for president in 1976; his father had convinced Brown to run.

<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:3"><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">1976 

<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">July 12: Jerry Brown wins the Democratic Party’s nomination for president after a tough primary. Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter came in a close second during the primaries. Jerry Brown chooses Illinois Senator Adlai Stevenson III as his running mate.

<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">August 16: President Gerald Ford is nominated for another term as president at the Republican National Convention. During the primaries Ford easily defeated his only challenger North Carolina Senator Jesse Helm who represented to far right of the party. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller is also nominated despite protests by the more conservative members of the party.

<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">November 2: President Gerald Ford narrowly wins re-election over Jerry Brown; Ford narrowly carried the popular vote but won a large share of the electoral votes due to the south strongly going for him.

<p style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">1977