First Take: Brown campaigns hard on Labor Day. Is California turning to the right?

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Gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown spent Labor Day weekend on the campaign trail, unveiling his first campaign ad in Los Angeles and speaking at a union picnic in Sacramento. And on Monday, he was joined by Sen. Barbara Boxer at a Labor Day event in Alameda.

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