Myers, 40, a native of Orange, California, will run as a Democrat in the usually blue state and uphold a local tradition of A-listers trying their hand at politics. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the 38th ...

California may be home to Hollywood, but the state has a long history of electing non-celebrity, charisma-challenged governors. Dull and dutiful could be a successful recipe once more in 2026.

In his first-ever bid for political office, former actor Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California in 1966, defeating two-term incumbent Gov. Pat Brown in a landslide. There was good reason ...

Tim Myers, a former member of OneRepublic, is running to be the lieutenant governor of California after Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis announced her bid to succeed incumbent governor Gavin Newsom.

California may be home to Hollywood, but the state has a long history of electing non-celebrity, charisma-challenged governors. Dull and dutiful could be a successful recipe once more in 2026.

Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican strategist who took a washed-up movie actor named Ronald Reagan and helped make him California governor and, later, president — helping invent the modern ...

The larger-than-life statue of Ronald Reagan, who stands with a smile and a salute, is 2 feet taller than those in the U.S. Capitol's Rotunda and erected in Budapest, Hungary.

California governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that exempts infill housing from environmental review under the state ...