Edmund G. “Pat” Brown, 90,the Democratic governor who led California through an era bullish on growth, beat Richard Nixon and lost to Ronald Reagan, died of a heart attack Friday night.

Editor’s Note: Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown Jr. is Executive Chair of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. He completed his fourth term as the governor of California in 2019. Robert Rosner ...

For decades, Californians watched, analyzed, criticized and voted for Edmund G. Brown Jr. And for all that, he remains one of the most captivating, bewildering, inspiring and infuriating figures ...

Edmund G. Brown, governor of California, is an extraordinary politician. You know that he is a politician the instant he shakes your hand, and asks where you come from and how you spell your name.

At times, Jerry Brown seemed to go out of his way to distance himself from his father. Edmund G. Brown Sr., California’s governor from 1959 to 1967, called himself a “big government man.” ...