William McKesson, the
Los Angeles County district attorney, unsuccessfully challenged incumbent lieutenant governor
Glenn M. Anderson in the Democratic Party's primary.[1] Anderson won a
landslide victory over McKesson and minor candidate Brainin Treskunoff. McKesson's campaign saw him lodge strong personal attacks against Anderson in the closing days of the campaign. Herbert L. Phillips of The Sacramento Bee saw McKesson's campaign's performance as "surprisingly weak".[2]