The Low-Key Contest for Chair of a $12 Billion Program to Develop Revolutionary Therapies for Cancer, Heart Disease and More

The candidates for the California state post? A politician and a scientist

(Editor’s note: A shorter version of this article by yours truly appeared earlier today on Capitol Weekly, the respected online service that provides California public policy and political news and information.)

California has another election coming up this fall, but it is not your usual political campaign free-for-all.

Instead, it involves the leadersh…