Commentary: Fabulously wealthy and politically lame — a brief history of California politics
- Posted on September 3, 2025
- By Los Angeles Times
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Commentary: Fabulously wealthy and politically lame — a brief history of California politics

Over the past half-century, rich political neophytes have consistently tried and failed to be elected governor or U.S. senator. What makes California so inhospitable to the upper-crust aspirants?