Word: governor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Oakland as 11,000 people strolled onto the Bay Bridge in an advance celebration of its weekend reopening. The 50-ft. section of the upper deck that collapsed during the quake had been repaired well ahead of schedule in a round-the-clock $2.5 million construction feat. California Governor George Deukmejian cheerily declared, "We're back, and we're in business again...
...expected, the first-round leader was the crusading center-rightist * Fernando Collor de Mello, a former state governor. At week's end, two candidates who split the leftist vote were deadlocked for the second slot: Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Leonel Brizola...
...telephone interview from Washington, Kennedy said, "At this particular time, I don't anticipate becoming a candidate, and I am not a candidate, for governor...
Former U.S. Sen. Paul E. Tsongas told reporters earlier in the day that he had called Kennedy to discuss his candidacy before holding a news conference to take himself out of the governor's race...
BOSTON--U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Mass.) said yesterday that he still has no plans to run for Massachusetts governor, despite an announcement earlier in the day that a key contender would not seek the office...