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==State office==

==State office==

In 1938, Warren ran successfully for the California [[attorney general]]ship. He expanded the office, and built  greater cooperation among various law enforcement agencies. By 1942, Warren was one of the most popular officials in California, and he ran for and was elected governor on the Republican ticket. He was reelected in 1946 and 1950.  

In 1938, Warren ran successfully for the California [[attorney general]]ship. During his campaign, Earl Warren's father was murdered in his Bakersfield home, bludgeoned with a led pipe. When requested by the police to implement a stool pigeon into a suspect's cell to try and record a confession, Warren objected to the practice of secret taping, even to discover who had beaten his own father to death, to the shock of the police force.<ref>Jim Newton, ''Justice For All: Earl Warren and the Nation He made'' (New York: Riverhead Books, 2006), 93.</ref> He expanded the office, and built  greater cooperation among various law enforcement agencies. By 1942, Warren was one of the most popular officials in California, and he ran for and was elected governor on the Republican ticket. He was reelected in 1946 and 1950.  

As governor Warren modernized the office of [[governor]], and state government generally.  

As governor Warren modernized the office of [[governor]], and state government generally.