1970 California gubernatorial election
The 1970 California gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970. The incumbent governor, Republican Ronald Reagan, won re-election over Democrat and Speaker of the Assembly Jesse Unruh. This would be the closest victory of Ronald Reagan's entire political career.
Image: Ronald Reagan 1966 (cropped)
Image: Jesse M. Unruh, 1967 Edit
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, his presidency constituted the Reagan era, and he is considered one of the most prominent conservative figures in American history.
Official portrait, 1981
Dark Victory (1939)
Reagan at Fort Roach, between 1943 and 1944
Reagan and Jane Wyman, 1942