I, Candidate for Governor

Here, reprinted for the first time since its original publication, is muckraking journalist Upton Sinclair''s lively, caustic account of the 1934 election campaign that turned California upside down and almost won him the governor''s mansion.

Using his "End Poverty in California" movement (more commonly called EPIC) as a springboard, Sinclair ran for governor as a Democrat, equipped with a bold pla...