Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican strategist who took a washed-up movie actor named Ronald Reagan and helped make him ...

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

The governor suspended the landmark environmental law to allow victims of wildfires to rebuild their destroyed properties ...

In March 1965, a washed-up B-movie actor dialed a couple of young Republican operatives and invited them to lunch at his home ...

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 ...

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 ...

Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican political consultant who engineered Ronald Reagan’s winning campaigns for the California governor’s office and the U.S. presidency, transforming a B-movie actor ...

From reality stars to movie stars, these luminaries left the entertainment industry and ventured into the political space ...

But even Harris and Porter, as well known as they are, lack anywhere near the candlepower of the two most famous bold-faced names who were elected California governor, Ronald Reagan and Arnold ...