Smith remained a Democrat, but was a close personal friend of Republican Gov. Goodwin Knight.
Dignitaries included California's Lieutenant Governor Goodwin Knight, who later became Governor of California.
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Rockwell D. Hunt, named Mr. California by Governor Goodwin Knight in 1954
They developed early models of campaign finance and expenditure, including spending money early to drive out challengers (as in Goodwin Knight's 1954 gubernatorial campaign) or holding as much as 75% of their total funds to the end of the campaign (typically, the last three weeks), when voters were paying attention.