Swat haring and out of a tiny office in Neighborhood House, lished to help primarily low-income and elderly people who have trouble paying cash for the things they need dur- ing this time of soaring inflation. Most of the early members, however, have been "peo- The lone Brown delegate What The SWAP office biday in 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Monday evening from 7 to 9. The phone number is 256-SWAP (7927). Clarenbach: a $3-million bargain By WILLIAM ENDICOTT Los Angeles Times News Service 4/5/80 CT Come August, David Clarenbach will pay his own way to the Demo- cratic National Convention in New York, where a presidential nominee will be chosen, and cast a first ballot for California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. It matters not in the least to him that he will be a lonely figure. "I think it is symbolically/ impor- tant," he said Friday by telephone from Madison, "that I stick with Gov. Brown until he releases me." After five months of virtually non- stop campaigning, and the expendi- ture of about $3 million, Brown closed out his 1980 race this week in Wiscon- sin with one convention delegate to show for his efforts: David Claren- bach. And even that is not yet official. The executive secretary of the state election board in Wisconsin, Gerald Ferwerda, said that he had not yet certified the Wisconsin pri- mary vote, and thus could not be ab- solutely certain that Brown had won the single delegate he lays claim to, although there seems to be little doubt about it. Compared to what former Texas Gov. John B. Connally's lone delegate cost him before he dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination last month, Clarenbach was a cheap investment for Brown. Connally spent more than $10 mil- lion in his campaign, and wound up with 67-year-old Ada Mills of Clarks- ville, Ark., who, although she since has been wooed by representatives of other GOP candidates, said she still has not found an alternative to Con- nally that suits her. Like Ada, Clarenbach also remains committed to his man. "I think under state party rules," he I said, "if the candidate to which you are bound to vote on the first ballot has less than a third of the delegates needed to be nominated, that auto- matically releases you. "But I intend to cast my ballot for Gov. Brown. Despite his meager showing at the polls, he had a dra- matic effect on the campaign." And how does Clarenbach feel about being a $3-million, "bargain basement" delegate? "It was money well spent," he said. bra sho thei do it S for II get entl stan ing news U It' med Wisc Tea goin tinui tiato T part Ca four- with tions Geor It's getting time to stort koonir --- SF Crowle 4/4/80 The One and Only Brown Delegate By George Draper California Governor Jerry Brown's one delegate to the Demo- cratic Convention in New York next August will probably be David Clarenbach, onetime boy· political genius of Madison, who now at age 26 is serving his third term in the Wisconsin Assembly. Clarenbach is all Brown has to show for the $2.7 million that he pumped into a series of disastrous presidential primary campaigns. But in an ironic political sense, Clarenbach was won at budget rates compared to the price for Ada Mills of Clarksville, Ark., the one delegate John Connally round- ed up for the Republican conven- tion at a cost of nearly $11 million. Clarenbach, who served as chairman of the Wisconsin Brown Committee, is expected to be offi- cially name the Brown delegate at a caucus of Brown supporters in Wisconsin on May 17. In a telephone interview yes- terday, Clarenbach said he thinks Brown represents "a new genera- tion in the process of coming to power" and is the only Democratic candidate offering "some signifi- cant change in this country." Clarenbach comes from a po- litical family. His father, Henry, was a Eugene McCarthy delegate to the 1968 Democratic convention and his mother, Kathryn, was an organizer of the National Organiza tion for Women. A sister, Sarah Clarenbach, is an attorney in Santa Cruz. The delegate-to-be said he was elected to the Dane County Board of Supervisors when he was 18 and then served on the Madison city council before being elected to the AP Wirephoto DAVID CLARENBACH Wisconsin assemblyman lower house of the Wisconsin legis- lature five years ago. "I bypassed that level of ab- surdity," he replied when asked whether he had gone to college, "and I've gone on to another level of absurdity." Whether Clarenbach will wind up at the convention, actually cast- ing a vote for Brown as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee, remained anybody's guess yesterday. At the conclusion of a press conference in Sacramento, Brown was asked whether he intends to release his delegate. "My one delegate?" Brown re- torted in mock seriousness. "Why he's going to be the keynoter. That's what I'm negotiating for." --- Monday, April 7, 1980, Los Angeles Herald Examiner A3 Brown meets his match in Wisconsin Governor's only delegate could be his clone By Linda Breakstone Herald Examiner staff writer Jerry Brown clones aren't easy to find. But the California governor apparently managed to capture one during his last hurrah on the campaign trail in Wisconsin. The closest one could possibly hope to find to a Brown match <- a 26-year-old third-term assembly. man from Wisconsin -- is a shoo-in to be the governor's lone Wisconsin delegate to the Democratic Na- tional Convention in New York Aug. 11-14. David Clarenbach, elected to public office as a county supervisor at the precocious age of 18, thinks, talks and lives remarkably like the governor, who turned 42 today. With marked similarity to Brown, Clarenbach experienced a meteoric rise in politics, walks four blocks from his Madison, Wis., home to the state Capitol, sleeps on a waterbed (Brown sleeps on a mattress) on the floor, led the anti- nuclear fight in his state, and is at the forefront of various Ralph Nader-type proposals. David Clarenbach Wants to experience life in fast lane. Clarenbach also fiddles with what some might call "kooky," yet innovative, ideas. His latest, a legislators-exchange program, ide- ally would see a Wisconsin state legislator switch places with a California elected representative for a month or two each year. "It would be useful to have someone from here move to Los Angeles to spend a month in reality and have someone from the fast lane (California) come out here to Middle America," Clarenbach said in a telephone interview last week. "Some of our guys wake up at 5 a.m. to feed the chickens every- one should experience that," he said. And, naturally, Clarenbach would love to be one of the first afforded the opportunity to "live in the fast lane." The one-time political boy won- der of Wisconsin even comes from a political family his father, Henry, was a Eugene McCarthy delegate in 1968, and his mother, Kathryn, was the first head of the National Organization for Women. He also has a sister, Sarah, who is an attorney in Santa Cruz and serves on the board of California Rural Legal Assistance. Actually, Clarenbach won't be officially chosen as Brown's dele- gate until the May 17 Wisconsin convention. But as the governor's Wisconsin campaign chairman and apparently the only person run- ning for the spot, he is the man Brown most likely will have to show for his $2.7 million in cam- paign expenditures. Still, it can be observed that Brown's campaign was relatively cost-effective. He only spent $2.7 million for Clarenbach, while former Texas Gov. John Connally spent more than $10 million for his lone Republican delegate, Ada Mills of Arkansas. --- - SATURDAY The Sacramento Bee FINAL f. Brown 1200 SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, Saturday, May 17, 1980 nct de ba Founded 1857 $3 Million Vote... Brown's One Delegate Ready By Lee Fremstad Bee Capitol Bureau Chief If all goes according to schedule, 26- year-old David Clarenbach will walk out of the Edgewater Hotel in Madison, Wis, this afternoon with his place in political history firmly fixed. He is destined to be Jerry Brown's one 1980 Democratic National Conven- tion vote a self-described "bargain basement delegate" at $3 million. Moreover, he vows to be a loyal dele- gate, casting his first ballot for the Cali- fornia governor whether or not party rules require it and whether or not Brown releases him before the August nomination vote in Madison Square Garden. Clarenbach discussed his situation Friday on the eve of convention dele- gate selection caucuses in Wisconsin. He spoke from his Wisconsin state Capi- tol office where he is in his third term as a state representative. What the young legislator meant was that for the $3 million spent during Brown's campaign, he came a great deal cheaper than the one Republican convention delegate Texan John Con- nally won after spending nearly $11 million. Ada Mills of Clarksville, Ark., won that distinction. Brown aborted his Democratic presi- dential campaign after the April 1 Wis- consin primary. He polled about 12 percent statewide, enough in the Madi- son area to merit a sole delegate. Clarenbach, as state chairman for the Brown campaign, expects to win the caucus vote over the three or four other candidates who may contest him. If elected as expected, he said, "I in- tend to cast my vote for Gov. Brown. I believe that I am technically an uncom- mitted delegate, but the rules are a little vague on that. "I have not been released by Gov. Brown, but whether or not he releases me I intend to cast my vote for his nomination." After the first ballot, what then? "I assume I would have one of two choices," said Clarenbach. "I would find it very difficult to cast a ballot for Presi- dent Carter. To endorse his re-election would make a mockery of the challenge that I supported with Brown." The legislator said neither the Carter nor the Kennedy camp has tried to woo him. Clarenbach has a family tradition of liberalism and supporting minority causes. His father, Henry, was a Eugene McCarthy delegate to the 1968 Demo- cratic convention in Chicago. His moth- er, Kathryn, in 1970 was the first presi- dent of the National Organization for Women. His sister, Sarah Clarenbach, is an attorney for California Rural Legal Assistance in Santa Cruz. --- $3 Million Man... Brown's Lone By William Endicott Los Angeles Times Come August, David Clarenbach will pay his own way to the Democrat- ic National Convention in New York. where a presidential nominee will be chosen, and cast a first ballot for Cali- fornia Gov. Brown. It matters not in the least to him that he will be a lonely figure. "I think it is symbolically impor- tant," he said Friday by telephone from Madison, Wis., "that I stick with Governor Brown until he releases me." After five months of virtually non- stop campaigning, and the expendi- ture of about $3 million, Brown closed out his 1980 race last week in Wiscon- sin with one convention delegate to show for his efforts: David Claren- bach. And even that is not yet official. The executive secretary of the state election board in Wisconsin, Gerald Ferwerda, said that he had not yet certified the Wisconsin primary vote, and thus could not be absolutely cer- tain that Brown had won the single delegate he lays claim to, although there seems to be little doubt about it. Clarenbach, 26, also must be for- mally elected by Brown supporters at a caucus in May, but that appears to be a foregone conclusion because the would-be delegate was chairman of the California governor's Wisconsin campaign and probably will be the only candidate. Compared to what former Texas Gov. John B. Connally's lone delegate Campaign '80 cost him before he dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination last month, Clarenbach was a cheap investment for Brown. Connally spent more than $10 mil- lion in his campaign, and wound up with 67-year-old Ada Mills of Clarks- ville, Ark., who, although she since has been wooed by representatives of other GOP candidates, said she still has not found an alternative to Con- nally that suits her. Like Mills, Clarenbach also re- THE SACRAMENTO BEE - Sunday, April 6, 1980 Page A11 Convention Delegate Remains Loyal mains committed to his man. "I think under state party rules," he said, "if the candidate to which you are bound to vote on the first ballot has less than a third of the delegates needed to be nominated, that auto- matically releases you. "But I intend to cast my ballot for Governor Brown. Despite his meager showing at the polls, he had a dramat- ic effect on the campaign. He forced the other Democratic candidates to confront issues that would have been ignored had it not been for him." Clarenbach was somewhat of a "boy wonder" in Wisconsin when he was elected to the Dane County Board of Supervisors eight years ago at age 18. He went on to win a seat on the city council in Madison, the state capital and home of the University of Wiscon- sin, before stepping down to run suc- cessfully for the Wisconsin Legisla- ture five years ago. He comes by his political activism naturally. His mother, Kathryn, has been active in the women's movement for years and was an organizer and first head of the National Organiza- tion for Women. His father, Henry, was a Eugene McCarthy delegate at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago. His sister, Sarah, is an attor- ney in Santa Cruz, Calif., and on the board of California Rural Legal Assis- tance. "One campaign does not make a candidate lost," Clarenbach said. "I don't know if that is gramatically correct. But there was substance to the Brown campaign. It's really a Brown movement. He laid an impres- sive groundwork for his own political future. He impressed people wherev- er he went. We just ran out of time, if not money.' The young legislator said that he first met Brown last July in San Fran- cisco and was "very impressed with his personal commitment to politics, and the more I've dealt with him the more impressed I've been with his intelligence and his view of reality. "I'm more certain than ever that I made the right choice and I'll be hon- ored to be a Brown delegate at the convention. He ought to continue to have an influence on the Democratic Party." And how does Clarenbach feel about being a $3 million "bargain base- ment" delegate? "It was money well spent," he said. --- Page 2-S.F. EXAMINER Thurs., April 3, 1980 Lone voice for Brown at Democratic convention By Susan Cohen Knight News Service MILWAUKEE, Wis. It's going to be a lonely Democratic convention for David Clarenbach, the only delegate committed to California Gov. Brown. Out of 3,331 assembled party stal- warts, the 26-year-old Wisconsin state legislator will be the sole committed vote Brown has to show for his 1980 bid for the presidency. Clarenbach will be the man going to the New York convention in August if he's elected at a May 17 caucus of Brown supporters. As the Wisconsin chairman for Brown's campaign, Clar- enbach expects no opposition, and he's already planning to pay his own way to New York. "I think I'm going to leave my balloons and hats and noisemakers at home," Clarenbach says. "I think the Brown campaign is more dignified than that, anyway." Clarenbach, who at 18 was elected Dane County supervisor and has served three terms in the state assem- bly, says he feels morally, if not legally, bound to cast a first ballot for Brown. After that, he says, "I don't know. I I was not impressed with the track records of either the president or Sen. Kennedy. Maybe on the second round someone will nominate none of the above." Clarenbach, who often existed on four hours of sleep a night during months of campaigning for Brown, says his candidate's ideas were too complicated to get across in a short time. "I think it's important Brown have an impact on the convention even if ே Associated Press REP. DAVID CLARENBACH WILL BE ONE OF A KIND IN NEW YORK He and mother posed with Gov. Brown during Wisconsin campaign it's with one delegate," he says. He does regret that the lone delegate for former Texas Gov. John Connally, who has dropped out of the race, will be at the rival convention and not the Democrats' convention. "Otherwise," says Clarenbach, "we I could have caucused." --- 18 Part I POLITICS/1980 SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1980 Los Angeles Times Lone Delegate Sticks With Brown Says He Will Cast 'Symbolic' Ballot for Californian By WILLIAM ENDICOTT Times Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO-Come August, David Clarenbach will pay his own way to the Democratic National Con- vention in New York, where a pres- idential nominee will be chosen, and cast a first ballot for Jerry Brown. It matters not in the least to him that he will be a lonely figure. "I think it is symbolically impor- tant," he said Friday by telephone from Madison, Wis., "that I stick with Gov. Brown until he releases me." After five months of virtually non- stop campaigning and the expenditure of about $3 million, Brown closed out his 1980 race this week in Wisconsin with one convention delegate to show for his efforts-David Clarenbach. And even that is not yet official. The executive secretary of the state election board in Wisconsin, Gerald Ferwerda, said he had not yet certified the Wisconsin primary vote and thus could not be absolutely cer- tain that Brown had won the single delegate he claims, although there seems to be little doubt about it. Clarenbach, 26, also must be for- mally elected by Brown supporters at a caucus in May. That appears to be a foregone conclusion since the would- be delegate was chairman of the Cali- fornia governor's Wisconsin cam- paign and probably will be the only candidate. Compared to what former Texas Gov. John B. Connally's lone delegate cost him before he dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination last month, Clarenbach was a cheap investment for Brown. Connally spent more than $10 mil- lion in his campaign and wound up with Ada Mills, 67, of, Clarksville, Ark., who, although she since has been wooed by representatives of other GOP candidates, said she still has not found an alternative to Con-. nally that suits her. Like Mills, Clarenbach also remains committed to his man. "I think, under state party rules," he said, "if the candidate to which you are bound to vote on the first bal- lat has less than a third of the dele- gates needed to be nominated, that automatically releases you. "But I intend to cast my ballot for Gov. Brown. Despite his meager showing at the polls, he had a dra- matic effect on the campaign. He forced the other Democratic candi- dates to confront issues that would have been ignored had it not been for him." Clarenbach was somewhat of a "boy wonder" in Wisconsin when he was elected to the Dane County Board of Supervisors eight years ago at the age of 18. He went on to win a seat on the city council in Madison, the state capital and home of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, before steeping down to run successfully for the Wis- consin Legislature five years ago. He comes by his political activism naturally. His mother, Kathryn, has been active in the women's move- ment for years and was an organizer and first head of the National Organi- zation for Women. His father, Henry, was a Eugene McCarthy delegate at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago. His sister, Sarah, is an attor- ney in Santa Cruz and on the board of California Rural Legal Assistance. "One-campaign does not make a candidate lost," Clarenbach said. "I don't know if that is gramatically cor- rect. But there was substance to the Brown campaign. It's really a Brown movement. He laid an impressive groundwork for his own political fu- ture. He impressed people wherever he went. We just ran out of time, if not money." The young legislator said he first met Brown last July in San Francisco and was "very impressed with his personal commitment to politics and the more I've dealt with him the more impressed I've been with his intel- ligence and his view of reality. "I'm more certain than ever that I made the right choice and I'll be hon- ored to be a Brown delegate at the convention. He ought to continue to have an influence on the Democratic Party." And how does Clarenbach feel about being a $3 million "bargain basement" delegate? "It was money well spent," he said. ---