Brown campaign lays out final push to election day

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Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown will blanket the state and the airwaves between now and election Day with 22 campaign events and spend nearly $1 million a day on advertising, according to his campaign.

“We expect to be able to match the [Meg] Whitman campaign in terms of both TV and radio advertising,” said Steve Glazer, Brown’s campaign manager. “We saved about $12 million for the final 14 days. We believe we’ll be more than competitive.”

Glazer held a conference call with reporters after several news reports in recent days highlighted the prowess of Whitman’s campaign machine.

Brown’s campaign has contributed $4 million to $5 million to the state Democratic Party’s get-out-the-vote effort, and along with the party has set up 85 offices around the state, with plans to open 54 more. The campaign has rounded up 25,000 volunteers, hoping to contact 1.5 million voters, and is spending $4 million to $5 million to send up to 15 million mailers to voters.

Glazer highlighted recent polls that showed Brown gaining an edge over Whitman and said claims that Whitman would win support from Latinos and women were proving untrue.

“The race is following along historical voting patterns in California,” he said. “We have a solid lead but are taking nothing for granted.”

-- Seema Mehta in Los Angeles