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New Hampshire Presidential Primary Trading Cards


Edmund G. Jerry Brown, Jr. Series I © 1998 N.H. State Library Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr.
Born: 1938
Filed from: California

NH Primaries
1980
1992
Votes
(D) 10,743
(D) 13,660

Platform: Creating a new world order


In NH, he introduced using a toll-free 800 telephone number to solicit $100 contributions. His provocative political ideas and an unsurpassed flair for the dramatic led to nicknames like the "California Snowflake" and "Governor Moonbeam."

"Politics is like paddling a canoe. Lean a little to the left, then a little to the right to move straight ahead. If you stand up on one side or the other, you fall into the water."

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