Nixon ran for Governor of California following his Vice Presidency and lost handily. Would his political career be remarkably different had he won, or would it have just been another notch on his belt?

Nixon ran for Governor of California following his Vice Presidency and lost handily. Would his political career be remarkably different had he won, or would it have just been another notch on his belt?

I think Nixon needed to lose that race. ?Deep down, he didn?t want to be Governor of California and went back-and-forth about jumping into the race in 1962. ?But Nixon needed to get his ass kicked by Pat Brown in that race so that he could step away, focus himself, and wait for the opportune time to jump back into politics. ?During that first exile from politics ? after his gubernatorial defeat ? Nixon did some writing, made quite a bit of money by practicing law, and built a remarkable political machine by campaigning for GOP candidates across the country that he was able to turn to in 1968 to call in favors of his own. ?

Had Nixon been elected Governor of California in 1962, it would have changed not only Nixon?s political career, but the entire political landscape for the rest of the 20th century. ?Ronald Reagan was elected Governor of California in 1966, so if Nixon had won in 1962, that wouldn?t have happened. ?Two terms as Governor for Nixon would have taken him to 1970, and he wouldn?t have a chance to seek the Presidency again until 1972. ?The timing would have been difficult for both Nixon and Reagan. ?The balance of power in the Republican Party in the last three decades of the 20th Century would have been far different than what actually happened.

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