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In the 1970 gubernatorial race in California, Gregory Peck was urged by some within the Democratic Party to run against incumbent Governor Ronald Reagan. He refused. But what if he hadn't, and had defeated Reagan in election? How would this setback in Reagan's political career have affected his later rise to the Presidency? And how would Gregory Peck have done as a politician? Could the Reagan/Peck rivalry have moved from the State to the National stage? It might be interesting to contemplate Peck winning the Democratic nomination in 1976 instead of Carter, winning the election, then running against Reagan in 1980.
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