Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Coolie(noun) same as Cooly. 2  Coolie(noun) an East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.
The position was created in 1849, the year before California became a state. The current governor is Jerry Brown, a Democrat who was inaugurated January 3, 2011, and who had previously served as governor from 1975 to 1983. In October 2013, Jerry Brown surpassed Earl Warren for the longest cumulative period of time served as governor.
Donnelly is expected to become the latest Republican to announce his 2014 bid for California governor, despite the seemingly unstoppable money and machinery behind incumbent Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat who enjoys high popularity ratings and has more than $13 million in the bank.