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State Chapters => California => Topic started by: TomSea on May 09, 2018, 03:24:13 pm
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George Deukmejian, ex-governor of California, dies
SACRAMENTO, Calif. –
Two-term California Gov. George Deukmejian, whose anti-spending credo earned him the nickname "The Iron Duke," died Tuesday of natural causes. He was 89.
The Republican spent three decades in California politics as an assemblyman, senator, state attorney general and governor. He was elected as the state's 35th governor in 1982 when a massive absentee voting campaign edged him just ahead of Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley.
Read more at: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/08/george-deukmejian-ex-governor-california-dies1.html (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/08/george-deukmejian-ex-governor-california-dies1.html)
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Pete Wilson was on the radio today remembering his friend. He must have been a very talented man.