STATE : Lungren Enters Atty. Gen. Race
Former Rep. Dan Lungren, an outspoken but pragmatic conservative who failed to win the Legislature’s approval to succeed the late Jesse Unruh as state treasurer last year, today entered the race for the 1990 Republican nomination for attorney general.
The 42-year-old Lungren is the first Republican to formally declare his candidacy for California’s top law enforcement post, which incumbent John K. Van de Kamp is giving up to seek the Democratic nomination for governor.
Two district attorneys, Ira Reiner of Los Angeles and Arlo Smith of San Francisco, are seeking the Democratic nomination.
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