Brown Easily Defeats Delgadillo
Oakland mayor is aided by name recognition in the Democratic race for attorney general.
By Eric Bailey, Times Staff Writer
June 7, 2006
OAKLAND — Jerry Brown, California's iconoclastic ex-governor turned big city mayor, won the Democratic attorney general primary Tuesday in a bid to return to statewide office after a two-decade absence.
Brown, 68, held a commanding lead against Rocky Delgadillo, the Los Angeles city attorney who ran a spirited but uphill fight against a foe who remains a household name in California political circles.
"I feel confident — yes I do!" declared Brown, Oakland's mayor, as he disembarked from a black Lincoln Continental at his campaign celebration with his wife, Anne, and the family pet, a chubby black Labrador named Dharma.
Later he appeared on stage at the Oakland Police Officers Assn. headquarters with his wife by his side to declare victory, invoking the name of his late father, former California attorney general and governor Pat Brown.
"As my father always said, I accept the nomination," Brown proclaimed, before quipping, "but he'd say that anytime a crowd gathered."
Brown told the gathering of police and political supporters, including current Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer, that if elected California's top cop he would give law enforcement's rank and file "the tools you need to protect California from criminals and terrorists. I'm going to be there for ya. I got your back."
Trailing badly from the beginning, Delgadillo, 45, conceded with about a third of the statewide vote in.
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