UCLA: It can seem that Jerry Brown has always been governor of California. First elected in 1974, he served two eventful terms -- securing rights for farmworkers, balancing the state budget, navigating a tax revolt and the Medfly -- before unsuccessfully running for the Senate in 1982. He left politics for a time, traveled and worked with Mother Teresa, learned Spanish and then returned. He served as mayor of Oakland for two terms, was elected attorney general and then, an astonishing 28 years after leaving...