Louis Cannon (born 1933) is an American journalist, non-fiction author, and biographer. He was state bureau chief for the ''

San Jose Mercury News ''The Mercury News'' (formerly ''San Jose Mercury News'', often locally known as ''The Merc'') is a morning daily newspaper published in San Jose, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is published by the Bay Area News Group, a subsidiar ...

'' in the late 1960s, and later senior White House correspondent of ''

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'' during the

Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...

administration. He is a prolific biographer of

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and has written five books about him. Cannon is currently a columnist and editorial advisor to ''State Net Capitol Journal'', a weekly publication focused on state legislation and politics. He is the father of

Carl M. Cannon Carl M. Cannon (born 1953) is an American journalist who, as of 2022, is the executive editor and Washington, D.C. bureau chief of RealClearPolitics. Cannon, born to Lou Cannon, was born in California and graduated from the University of Color ...

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and

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: A Political Odyssey'' (New York: Doubleday, 1969) *''The McCloskey Challenge'' (1972) *''Reporting: An Inside View'' (1977) *''Reagan'' (1982) *''President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime'' (1991) *''Official Negligence: How

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and the Riots Changed

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and the LAPD'' (1998) *''Ronald Reagan: The Presidential Portfolio: History as Told through the Collection of the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum'' (2001) *''Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power'' (2003)

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Lou Cannon
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