Let’s keep the Reagan train rolling. Which 'To Kill a Mockingbird' star and California native gave serious consideration to running against California Governor Ronald Reagan in 1970?

Ultimately, the La Jolla native and lifelong Democrat decided that running California wasn't his jam. Peck did, however, later reveal that Lyndon Johnson planned to appoint him the United States ambassador to Ireland should LBJ be re-elected in 1968! (He was not.)

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