FILE - First lady Nancy Reagan, center, looks on as President Ronald Reagan is sworn in during ceremonies in the Rotunda ...

Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican political consultant who engineered Ronald Reagan’s winning campaigns for the California ...

For years, internet users have shared a quote about how to measure the success of welfare programs, attributing the words to Ronald Reagan, the former U.S. president and California governor. The full ...

When President Jimmy Carter ran for reelection in 1980, he had to compete against former California Gov. Ronald Reagan. It ...

California may be home to Hollywood, but the state has a long history of electing non-celebrity, charisma-challenged ...

Spencer, who as one of the nation’s first political consultants for hire took a so-called B-list actor named Ronald Reagan and helped him become governor of California and later president of the ...

Spencer helped invent the modern political consulting business with its emphasis on TV-centric campaigning. In a Republican Party that turned sharply rightward and more combative, Spencer was a ...

When President Jimmy Carter ran for reelection in 1980, he had to compete against former California Gov. Ronald Reagan. It was no contest. Reagan took 44 of the 50 states and won the popular vote ...

according to archived transcripts of press briefings housed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in California. The transcripts from 1985 shed light on the Reagans' considerations.

Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican strategist who took a washed-up movie actor named Ronald Reagan and helped make him California governor and, later, president — helping invent the modern ...