[jacobolus]

I doubt he’d have much chance of winning, but if he did it would be unlikely to work well for state residents. You want someone with decades of experience in state politics to be governor. Jerry Brown (on the second go-around) has been by far a better governor than at least the previous 6 were, including his younger self.

(Admittedly Pete Wilson and Gray Davis were both career politicians with plenty of CA experience, and both terrible – we might say that decades of experience is a necessary but not sufficient condition for being a great governor.)

If Altman is serious, he should try running for state legislature first.