Neel Kashkari remains little-known in quest to oust Jerry Brown
Republican Neel Kashkari, a former investment banker who ran the federal bank bailout, has struggled to raise funds and garner voters’ attention in his bid to unseat California Gov. Jerry Brown.
He has remained little-known and trailed Brown in the polls since he entered the contest early this year.
Those who know the Midwestern transplant to California, who lives in Laguna Beach with two 135-pound Newfoundland dogs, say he’s smart, goal-oriented and direct.
Kashkari himself says he’s “really good at parachuting into a new situation and figuring it out and working with people and getting stuff done.”
People “thought I was insane,” he said, to move from investment house Goldman Sachs to Washington to work as a U.S. Treasury official. From there, he went back to the investment business in California before leaving it to run for governor.
Los Angeles Times reporter Kim Christensen profiled Kashkari last spring, when the candidate was battling Assemblyman Tim Donnelly (D-Twin Peaks) in the June primary for the opportunity to run against Brown.
For more political coverage, follow @latimespolitics.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
