The Brown family of California
California · Governor
Combined career popular votes
29,273,135
Members on the ballot
3
Combined W–L
6–2
Years on the ballot
1958–2014
Edmund G. “Pat” Brown was governor of California in the 1960s; his son Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown Jr. served two separate stints in the same office four decades apart, becoming the state’s longest-serving governor. Pat’s daughter, Kathleen Brown, was California state treasurer and the 1994 Democratic nominee for governor.
| Member | Offices | Years | Career popular votes | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry BrownD | Governor | 1974–2014 | 16,826,977 | 4–0 |
| Kathleen BrownD | Governor | 1994 | 3,519,799 | 0–1 |
| Pat BrownD | Governor | 1958–1966 | 8,926,359 | 2–1 |
How this is measured
Combined career popular votes are summed across the 3 family members we track, each counted once across every presidential, U.S. Senate, governor, and U.S. House election in our data. Family membership is hand-curated and verified against primary sources, never matched by surname alone, so unrelated namesakes are never folded in. A vote for a presidential ticket counts for both the president and the vice-presidential candidate, matching how each profile reports its own totals.