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Associated Press California state Attorney General Jerry Brown campaigns Monday at Cafe Coyote in San Diego. Mr. Brown is running again for governor, an office he held previously from 1975 to 1983.

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CREDIT Ex-President Bill Clinton gets a rousing welcome at a campaign event for Jerry Brown in Los Angeles, where he drew 6,000 people. His staff says he has campaigned for more than 65 candidates at nearly 100 events.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown leads Republican Meg Whitman by 8 points, according to a new poll. Mr. Brown got 44 percent of likely voters to 36 percent for Ms. Whitman, with 16 percent undecided and 4 percent for other candidates.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown leads Republican Meg Whitman by 8 points, according to a new poll. Mr. Brown got 44 percent of likely voters to 36 percent for Ms. Whitman, with 16 percent undecided and 4 percent for other candidates.

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman (left) shakes hands with her Democratic opponent, Jerry Brown, before the start of their second debate, held at California State University, Fresno, in Fresno, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS California Attorney General Jerry Brown announces lawsuits being filed against officials of the city of Bell, Calif., in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

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Associated Press photographs California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown has held a number of other electoral offices in the 27 years since leaving the governor's mansion in 1983.

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California Attorney General Jerry Brown discusses an investigation of Bell's city government in Los Angeles on Monday. Mr. Brown has ordered past and present officials of Bell to turn over their financial records in a widening probe of a salary scandal in the Los Angeles suburb. (Associated Press)

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California's Attorney General Jerry Brown speaks during a press conference in Los Angeles on Monday, July 26, 2010. Mr. Brown said he has subpoenaed hundreds of records from the city of Bell, a Los Angeles suburb under investigation for sky-high salaries paid to its leaders. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)