Stu Spencer was not afraid to speak truth to power. It helped him hold the position of California’s preeminent Republican ...

Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican strategist who took a washed-up movie actor named Ronald Reagan and helped make him ...

California may be home to Hollywood, but the state has a long history of electing non-celebrity, charisma-challenged ...

Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican political consultant who engineered Ronald Reagan’s winning campaigns for the California ...

In March 1965, a washed-up B-movie actor dialed a couple of young Republican operatives and invited them to lunch at his home ...

For years, internet users have shared a quote about how to measure the success of welfare programs, attributing the words to Ronald Reagan, the former U.S. president and California governor. The full ...

Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican political consultant who engineered Ronald Reagan’s winning campaigns for the California governor’s office and the U.S. presidency, transforming a B-movie actor ...

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 ...

But even Harris and Porter, as well known as they are, lack anywhere near the candlepower of the two most famous bold-faced names who were elected California governor, Ronald Reagan and Arnold ...