Governor Moonbeam To Run Again

Attorney General Jerry Brown will declare his Democratic candidacy for governor Tuesday online, ending months of speculation about his intentions in which Brown insisted he had not yet decided whether to run.

As for the title "Governor Moonbeam" Wikipedia has the scoop. Back in the day, it was a way to make fun of Brown, even though his ideas on solar energy and space satellites has withstood the test of time.

As Governor, Brown proposed the establishment of a state space academy and the purchasing of a satellite that would be launched into orbit to provide emergency communications for the state—a proposal similar to one that would indeed eventually be adopted by the state. In 1978 an out-of-state columnist, Mike Royko, then at the Chicago Sun-Times, nicknamed Brown "Governor Moonbeam" because of the latter idea. The nickname quickly became associated with his quirky politics, which were considered eccentric by some in California and the rest of the nation. In 1992, almost 15 years later, Royko would disavow the nickname, proclaiming Brown to be "just as serious" as any other politician.

Hell, I was rooting for him to be president when he ran during the time he was dating Linda Ronstadt. How cool it would have been to have her as the First Girlfriend, LOL!