>> reporter: brown insists not everything has to be partisan. >> voters don't look at liberals, conservatives on any spectrum. they look at each of us. deify for our pensions, do you fight for higher wages, trade agreements that mean jobs in the united states? >> reporter: voters like mike gibbons looked at those choices and decided a name with missing. >> i decided to do something in my television set for the last 5 years. >> reporter: one name you didn't hear, republicans who won the last statewide primary in this state, the governor making moves towards a 20/20 run, not somebody these candi...