What city did the book for which the Democratic candidate in  the 1934 California gubernatorial election was known took place?
California gubernatorial election, 1934 The California gubernatorial election, 1934 was held on November 6, 1934. Held in the midst of the Great Depression, the 1934 election was amongst the most controversial in the state's political history, pitting conservative Republican Frank Merriam against former Socialist Party member turned Democrat Upton Sinclair, author of "The Jungle". A strong third party challenge came from Commonwealth-Progressive Raymond L. Haight, a Los Angeles lawyer campaigning for the political center. Much of the campaign's emphasis was directed at Sinclair's EPIC movement, proposing socialist reforms to cure the state's ailing economy. Merriam, who had recently assumed the governorship following the death of James Rolph, characterized Sinclair's proposal as a step towards communism.
M. David Stirling M. David Stirling (born 1940) is a Republican politician, lawyer, and author. He served in the California State Assembly representing Orange County from 1976 until 1982. He was also the unsuccessful Republican party nominee for California Attorney General in 1998, losing to Bill Lockyer.