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Purely Political: Fear

by Jim Buckley

Jan 11, 2024
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Chris Mitchum with then private citizen Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago not long after Chris’s campaign loss to Lois Capps. Source: Chris Mitchum.

Putting Up with and Facing the Angry Party

In 1998, political newbie Chris Mitchum, son of the late Hollywood great Robert Mitchum, challenged Hannah-Beth Jackson for a seat in the State Assembly. Chris ran as a Re…

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