Sutter Brown
Sutter Brown on the campaign trail in 2012
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| Species | Canis lupus familiaris |
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| Breed | Welsh corgi |
| Sex | Male |
| Born | September 24, 2003 Ketchum, Idaho |
| Died | December 30, 2016 (aged 13) Sacramento, California |
| Nation from | United States |
| Known for | First Dog of the State of California |
| Owner |
Jerry Brown Anne Gust Brown |
| Appearance | Tuxedo/chestnut and white |
| Named after | John Sutter |
Sutter Brown (September 24, 2003 – December 30, 2016) was the pet dog of Governor Jerry Brown of California and his wife, Anne Gust Brown.
Sutter was a Pembroke Welsh corgi, originally from Ketchum, Idaho. He is named after early Sacramento settler, John Sutter (known for his Sutter's Mill's role in the California Gold Rush). Sutter was first owned by Kathleen Brown who gave the pet to her brother after he won the 2010 California gubernatorial election.
Sutter was adopted by the Brown family after Jerry Brown's black Labrador Dharma died in 2010. He was named for California pioneer John Sutter. Sutter was formally introduced to the press in February 2011 by Anne Gust Brown at an event in front of the California State Capitol; the first lady said "he's going to herd the budget vote."
Jennifer Fearing, the Sacramento-based California senior state director for the Humane Society of the United States dog-sat for Sutter and also brought him to an event promoting spay/neuter in Los Angeles. At Fearing's suggestion, Governor Brown and the California Democratic Party took Sutter on the road to promote the passage of California Proposition 30 (Temporary Taxes to Fund Education) in 2012, an important priority for Governor Brown. The Prop 30 team took Sutter on thirty stops in thirty days at Democratic phonebanks across the state; the dog met with the Los Angeles Times editorial board and received the key to the city from the mayor of Chico in a live-television broadcast. Marc Tracy wrote in The New Republic that "Sutter actually did fit uncannily into the overall strategy" leading to Prop 30's success. Sutter was named a "Force in California Politics" by BuzzFeed and "the Corgi Who Helped California Raise Taxes" in The New Republic.
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