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challenge incumbent Pat Brown for Governor of California in the 1962 election.[44] Despite initial reluctance, Nixon entered the race.[44] The campaign was clouded by public suspicion that Nixon viewed the governorship as a political "stepping-stone" to a higher office, some opposition from the far-right of the party, and his own lack of interest in being California's governor.[44] He lost to Brown by nearly 300,000 votes.[44] This loss was widely believed to be the end of his career;[44] in an impromptu concession speech the morning after the election, Nixon famously blamed the media for favoring his opponent, saying, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference."[44] The California defeat was highlighted in the November 11, 1962, episode of ABC's Howard K. Smith: News and Comment entitled "The Political Obituary of Richard M. Nixon."[62]
The Nixon family traveled to Europe in 1963; Nixon gave press conferences and met with leaders of the countries he visited.[63] The family soon moved to New York City, where Nixon became a senior partner in the leading law firm Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander.[44] In 1963 the family bought an apartment at 810 Fi

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