{"id":161531,"date":"2026-08-26T14:16:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/26\/his-political-career-was-only-a-warm-up\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T14:16:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:16:47","slug":"his-political-career-was-only-a-warm-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/26\/his-political-career-was-only-a-warm-up\/","title":{"rendered":"His Political Career Was Only A Warm-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span>Ed. Note:<\/span> Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which legal mind was elected governor of California three times \u2014 the only person ever to do it \u2014 ran for vice president on a losing national ticket, and made a bid for the presidency before accepting an appointment that would overshadow his entire political career?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: His name is also on one of the most scrutinized government reports in American history.<\/strong><br \/><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/his-political-career-was-only-a-warm-up\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">His Political Career Was Only A Warm-Up<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/12\/California-road-sign-green-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which legal mind was elected governor of California three times \u2014 the only person ever to do it \u2014 ran for vice president on a losing national ticket, and made a bid for the presidency before accepting an appointment that would overshadow his entire political career?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: His name is also on one of the most scrutinized government reports in American history.<\/strong><br \/><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/his-political-career-was-only-a-warm-up\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/his-political-career-was-only-a-warm-up\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! 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