At the State House, Ted Kennedy Jr. seems to be taking the same advice his father reportedly gave Hillary Clinton when she entered the US Senate from New York: A famous last name wonât excuse you from hard work.
Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed into law a controversial 'religious freedom' bill that some groups have said will open the door to greater LGBT discrimination. Bill Clark/Getty.
Confidence votes 20.5K. The current Governor of California is Jerry Brown (D). Brown assumed office as the 39th Governor of California on January 3, 2011. He was previously the 34th governor.His term will expire on January 5, 2015.ontrary to the previous answer, Tom Bradley is not the first  governor of California, however he was the first and only African  American mayor of Los Angeles (1973-1993). â¦ To date there has been  no African American governor of California.