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Democrat Brown draws GOP support; voters split on state’s direction
Gov. Jerry Brown in the state Capitol last year. (Photo by Max Whittaker/Getty Images)The latest Field Poll finds nearly six in ten California voters (58%) approving of the job Jerry Brown is doing as Governor, while just 26% disapprove. This nearly equals his record approval rating of 59% that he achieved a little more than a year ago in April 2014. At present, 37% of rank-and-file Republicans currently approve of the job Brown is doing, up from 27% who said this three months ago.