Brown, Jerry BrE AmE
(1938–) a US politician who was governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and known as ‘Governor Moonbeam’, because of his ↑ psychic beliefs. He ran for the US presidency three times. He was the ↑ mayor of Oakland, California from 1998 until 2006, and is known for being ↑ left-wing . He became Attorney General of California in 2007.